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Winterflood surges 68% amid chaos in the markets

29.09.09
Winterflood Securities, the share market-making arm of Close Brothers, enjoyed bumper revenues and profits last year as most financial markets were in turmoil ... more

Hopes and fears for private equity

22.07.09
These are interesting times for private equity. According to Close Brothers, one quarter of all the distressed companies in Western Europe are in the UK. Just 14% are in Germany, 12% are in Italy and 8% in France ... more

Close reminder of City's resilience

19.05.09
The closure of the corporate finance division of Close Brothers, announced yesterday, will cause barely a ripple on the surface of the City - but it is nevertheless a story for our time ... more

Close Brothers clinches a £75m sell-off to Daiwa

18.05.09
Close Brothers, the biggest remaining London-listed investment bank, sold its corporate finance division to Japan's Daiwa Securities for £75 million ... more

Winterflood loses its share-ramp fine plea

02.04.09
Winterflood Securities, the market-making arm of Close Brothers, has lost its appeal against a £4 million fine imposed on it by the Financial Services Authority for its role in a share-ramping scheme... more

£38m Close Brothers says recovery elusive

10.03.09
Colin Keogh, the outgoing chief executive of investment bank Close Brothers, said he was "looking for green shoots of recovery but they're pretty difficult to find... more

Footsie plunges as Anglo leads a retreat by miners

20.02.09
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Catlin's investment chief gets Close call

09.02.09
Finance: City bank Close Brothers have appointed former JPMorgan banker Preben Prebensen as chief executive to succeed Colin Keogh... more

Blue Oar blues after it plunges into red

30.01.09
Stockbroking: Staff at Blue Oar’s stockbroking arm have been warned that they could face the chop... more

Market report: Blue-chips await marching orders from the Footsie

08.12.08
Up to half a dozen blue-chip companies face losing their place as constituents of the Footsie 100 index when the regular quarterly review is undertaken later this week... more

City party's over - let's have a fat-cat clearout

20.10.08
Prosecco not champagne. God forbid, Twiglets instead of caviar. The years of excess are over a grim, new age has taken hold. Don't believe me? You still think Nicky Haslam's £200,000 bash last Thursday was typical? You're wrong... more

Sue Nye is in spotlight over Peston scoops

03.10.08
BBC Business editor Robert Peston has been leading the pack with his stories on the nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley, the Lloyds TSB-HBOS merger and the run on Northern Rock. But where does he get his information?... more

Close Brothers profits slide 20 per cent as chief Keogh resigns

29.09.08
Banking: City bank Close Brothers saw its profits plunge 20% last year as the credit crunch hit its corporate finance, fund management and market-making businesses... more

Anger at ban on short-selling as shares rocket up

19.09.08
Markets: Confusion reigned in the City after an emergency move to ban short-selling was launched by the Financial Services Authority last night... more

Lenders deal a new blow to Foxtons

28.08.08
The private-equity buyout of London estate agent Foxtons was plunged deeper into crisis after lenders seized control of its financial restructuring... more

The 'crew of fools' bidding to steer B&B out of trouble

06.06.08
Profit warning, cut-price rights issue and private-equity cash injection all mean company has a lot of work to do... more

How Evolution's way paid off

28.05.08
It is often said that the way to make money in investing is not to seek to milk every last drop of profit from the bull markets but to avoid horrendous losses in the downturns... more

Hard to see why B&B's fund chase is so costly

15.05.08
Anthony Hilton wonders why the fees are so high when it comes to modern day rights issues... more

Sorry Rod, you steered B&B into this disaster

15.05.08
Rod Kent, chairman of Bradford & Bingley, has blighted his distinguished career... more

Luminar feeling CanDu draught

01.04.08
Luminar reveals it is exposed to the collapse of CanDu Entertainment, the UK's second-biggest nightclubs operator... more

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