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Goldman Sachs loses seven Asia prime brokers

Goldman Sachs, the largest prime broker in Asia, lost seven of its employees on the regional team. ...

Heads shaking over cap

The recent implementation of a cap on bonuses paid out to bankers based in the European Union (EU) is expected to reshape - from a talent perspective - the banking sector in Asia, writes Raymond Ma. ...

Employers make sure frazzled staff get a break

Volkswagen turns off some of its employees' e-mail accounts 30 minutes after their shifts end. Goldman Sachs is urging junior staff to take weekends off. BMW is planning new rules that will keep workers from being contacted after hours. ...

Wall Street in for bigger job cuts: analyst

Banking analyst Meredith Whitney says she doesn’t see opportunities for banks to improve return on equity through increased revenue alone, making cost-cutting inevitable, including more job cuts – probably to the tune of 50,000 positions to bring headcounts in line with revenue ...

Lazard hires Edwards from Goldman Sachs

Lachlan Edwards, Goldman Sachs’ head of Asia-Pacific restructuring, joins independent merger-advisory firm Lazard in Sydney in October to head its Australian capital structure advisory business. ...

Two moves at Deutsche Bank and BoA in Asia

Deutsche Bank in Singapore hires Boon Kee Tan of Goldman Sachs to cover Southeast Asia clients, while Bank of America Merrill Lynch takes Winston Cheng – also from Goldman Sachs – as Asia ex-Japan head of its technology, media and telecoms banking group ...

Six UBS Japan bankers leave, as 7 join equities

UBS joins other big banks in bolstering its equities army in Japan – currently the world’s best-performing major stock market – with seven hires, although investment banking unit sheds four managing directors and two executive directors ...

Charge buoys bonus blues

Impressive second-quarter Wall Street revenue a boost to bankers and traders accustomed to annual profit plunge. ...

Credit Suisse debt traders join Goldman Sachs

Corporate-debt trader Thomas Malafronte joins Credit Suisse colleague Deets Sankaranarayan at Goldman Sachs to help boost business in underwriting dollar-denominated, investment-grade bonds ...

Bank of America names co-head of global TMT

Anwar Zakkour, formerly with JPMorgan Chase, will co-head global telecommunications, media and technology investment banking at Bank of America ...