Jefferies has hired former Barclays Capital director Andrew Bracey to lead the group’s consumer and retail investment banking division in Europe and the Far East, The Telegraph reported. Mr. Bracey previously worked at Credit Suisse and ...

Lehman, Barclays Say Sell Investment-Grade Bonds (Update1)

Barclays may get an investment of almost £500m from Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui in a deal that will see the Japanese bank buy a slug of new shares in the UK lender, according to Japanese press reports. Nikkei English News reported that Sumitomo Mitsu ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group may invest about $926 million (470 million pounds) in Barclays, people familiar with the matter said on Friday, as subprime-hit Western lenders increasingly turn to Asia for funding. Japan's ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc may invest about $926 million in British bank Barclays , people familiar with the matter said on Friday, as subprime-hit Western lenders increasingly turn to Asia for funding. Japan's ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group may invest about $926 million (470 million pounds) in Barclays, people familiar with the

Woori Invest Executive: No Investment Talks With Barclays,Lehman

LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Barclays (BARC.L: Quote , Profile , Research ) is considering a takeover bid for a rival and could try to buy an investment bank, a newspaper said on Tuesday, amid growing speculation Britain's third-biggest bank is looking ...

Barclays eyes investment bank bid

LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays is considering a takeover bid for a rival and could try to buy an investment bank, the Telegraph reported on Tuesday