Investment Bankers

Bankers flag risks in new voice-enabled payment feature on India's UPI

The government-backed feature called Hello UPI will allow users to pay via apps and calls in Hindi and English, and will soon roll out services in other regional languages

Investment bankers get $261.5 mn in Q1 despite fall in deals: Report

Despite a massive fall in deal making in the March quarter, deal makers laughed their way to the bank with USD 261.5 million in investment banking fees during the same period, according to a report. The amount is 2 per cent higher compared to the year-ago period. In the three months ended March, deal-making activities declined for the third consecutive quarter, making it the slowest start to a year since 2016 amid multiple headwinds. Geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions, rising interest hikes and global recession fears continue to dampen boardroom confidence and investor sentiment, Refinitiv, which is an LSEG business unit and among the world's largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, said in the report. Equity Capital Market (ECM) underwriting fees rose 15 per cent to USD 50 million -- the highest first quarter fees since 2021 while debt capital market underwriting fees totalled USD 71.4 million. The latter is a 22 per cent increase compared to th

Tech execs race to save startups from 'extinction' after SVB collapse

Altman, who runs one of Silicon Valley's hottest companies, bailed out some entrepreneurs from his own pocket, according to a Twitter message by his brother and one beneficiary

Highest salary offered at IIM Kozhikode touches Rs 67L, average at Rs 31L

An IT-sector company offered the top salary of Rs 67.02 lakh on the campus. This was higher than the top salary of Rs 61.5 lakh last year

The real story behind real interest rate

While the debate will continue about the benchmark rate to calculate real interest rate, both for the lenders and the savers, shouldn't all rates be higher than the rate of inflation?

M&A recovery: Kotak Mahindra Bank plans to hire 20 investment bankers

The firm is looking to fill positions from analyst to director levels across sectors including financial services, health care and technology

I-banking fees dip in nine months to September as smaller deals dominate

Even some big-ticket deals such as the LIC IPO did not generate higher fees

Bank of America posts drop in quarterly profit as dealmaking slumps

Wall Street investment bankers, who were neck-deep in deals last year, have seen activity slump in the first half of 2022 amid volatility in the capital markets, geopolitical tensions

Fee pool shrinks by nearly 33% as equity offerings drop in first half

Overall equity issuances during the first half (H1) dropped 40 per cent to $9.1 billion, lowest first-half tally since 2016, according to Refinitiv, a markets data provider

Ashneer Grover tells VC firms to 'right size' before advising startups

Ashneer Grover, co-founder and former managing director of fintech platform BharatPe, has advised venture capital and investment firms to first think about "right-sizing" themselves in the wake of current economic slowdown before telling their portfolio companies and startups to do so.

Investment bankers ride on record IPOs in FY22 to mint bumper pay

Bonuses in FY22 ranged from 100 to 200% of annual pay

Russia-Ukraine crisis: IPO market grinds to a halt after a blockbuster 2021

Investment bankers say it will be challenging to launch even a single deal in March

Global M&A volumes hit record high in 2021, breach $5 trn for first time

(Reuters) - Global dealmaking is set to maintain its scorching pace next year, after a historic year for merger and acquisition (M&A) activity that was fueled largely by easy availability of cheap financing and booming stock markets.

Indian bankers collect bumper fees from record $18 billion in IPOs

A little over 110 firms ranging from online grocers to food delivery and beauty startups listed their shares in Mumbai this year, raising almost $18 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg

Sebi likely to quiz investment bankers on Paytm's listing fiasco

Regulator to also probe the trading pattern on listing day

Nykaa IPO: How Falguni Nayar proved it's never too late to start up

From leading IPOs as an investment banker to launching one herself at 59, Nykaa's Falguni Nayar has broken all templates. We look at how she became one of India's most successful entrepreneurs

India lenders look for new-age talent to capture tech deals worth billions

Technology-focused investment bankers in Asia previously focused on larger and more developed markets such as Japan and South Korea, and more recently, China

Goldman Sachs' profits jump 60% helped by deal-making frenzy

Much of the jump in profit came from Goldman's advisory and investment banking business, where the firm helps companies go public or buy other companies.

Investment bankers net record fees at Rs 1,013 crore as IPOs zoom in 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, i-bankers have collected nearly Rs 1,800 crore by way of IPO fees

LIC IPO bankers quote base fee of Rs 1 crore: Check details here

10 investment banks to divide fee pool; opt to go out-of-pocket