Investment Banking News

Brett Cole Citigroup looks to be making headway in its efforts to build its investment banking franchise into the type of competitor that would make Macquarie, UBS and Goldman Sachs treat it as a serious rival. Bolstered by a pick up in deal making, Citi is now ranked fourth on the Australian merger and acquisition league table, up from sixth for […]

Bianca Harge-Hazelman Australian gold producers, traders and the domestic economy could be among the big winners if China moves ahead and opens up the world’s biggest gold exchange. The Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) is understood to have received approval last week from the Chinese central bank to launch a global trading platform in the city’s […]

Lisa Murray and Angus Grigg China is expected to introduce tough new regulations on commodity-backed finance deals some time in the next week, a move that is weighing on the price of copper and iron ore. State-owned newspaper, the 21st Century Business Herald, said on Wednesday 31 per cent of China’s iron ore stockpile is […]

Sarah Thompson, Anthony MacDonald and Gretchen Friemann Private equity giant KKR & Co is seeking to bolster its Asian property business by hiring a dealmaker to work under regional real estate head Bryan Southergill. KKR has approached local property advisers about joining the firm, which is making a worldwide push into real estate and credit.