Goldman Sachs promotes 80 people to elite partner rank

Goldman Sachs Group Inc promoted 80 bankers as partners of the storied Wall Street firm, up from 60 people in 2020, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
StanChart flags flat annual income despite strong Q3 profit; shares drop

Standard Chartered (STAN.L) forecast flat income for the full year amid “uneven” economic recovery from the pandemic, even as it turned in a stronger-than-expected quarterly pre-tax profit, sending its shares lower on Tuesday.
MOVES Barclays picks Faruqui to share leaderhsip of EMEA M&A franchise

Barclays (BARC.L) has appointed Omar Faruqui as co-head of its mergers and acquisitions (M&A) franchise in Europe, the Middle East and Africa as part of a leadership shake-up to ride a wave of deal-making activity in the post-COVID world.
Big banks seek to curb “speculative” planned UK forex class action

A proposed multi-billion pound claim against powerful banks over alleged foreign exchange (forex) rigging is too weak and speculative to be allowed to proceed as a U.S.-style class action, the banks’ lawyer told a London court on Wednesday.
Explainer: How will EU ban on 10 banks from bond sales impact markets and banks?

LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) – Ten banks have been excluded over past breaches of antitrust rules from European Union syndicated debt sales backing Brussels’ up to 800 billion euro ($969 billion) COVID-19 recovery fund.