Deutsche Bank: clouds on the horizon

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Deutsche Bank: an Anglo-US giant

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Deloitte/Braxton: playing the name game

Deloitte Consulting has begun the rebranding that it needs as it splits from auditor Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. With Braxton as its new name, it now has the harder task of repositioning itself in a chaotic market place. The established consultancy name should help, fixing Braxton's image as more traditional and long-term-focused than its rivals.

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CSFB: new performance related pensions

CSFB [CSR] is to replace its final salary pension scheme with a new performance related defined contribution fund. Although employees will lose the guarantees associated with final salary pensions, they gain from the bonus linked to the bank's overall performance. If it proves successful more UK companies may adopt the new model.

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CRM: US financial institutions' investment will even out by 2005

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Credit Suisse: plans to exit investment banking denied

Poor performance and corporate scandal has necessitated a review of Credit Suisse's investment banking and asset management business, CSFB. Credit Suisse has denied plans to spin-off the arm, but if CSFB is to justify a permanent reprieve, there will have to be a substantial turnaround in its performance.<BR />

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Credit Suisse: integration, not originality, is path to recovery

In its second quarter 2006 results, Credit Suisse said group profits more than doubled compared to the prior-year period. Yet while investors were understandably disappointed by a decline in trading revenues, they should wait to see whether the company's long term transition to a leaner, fitter bank can give it the impetus to catch rivals such as UBS.

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Credit Suisse: boardroom shuffling isn't enough

Lukas Muehlemann's departure from his twin roles at Credit Suisse was no surprise, given the company's plummeting share price and US probes into the allocation of hot stock offerings. But new management alone will not solve the bank's problems. The new joint CEOs - inside players John Mack and Oswald Gruebel - now need a new strategy.

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Corporate banking: IT spend growth will remain positive

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Chinese financial services: in danger of stalling

The Chinese financial system needs urgent reform, so the announcements by the PBOC that it will slow down reforms in the sector is bad news for foreign FSIs. Not only will the market be relatively closed to them but there is a risk that it may be pushed beyond immediate help, crippled by a lack of liquidity through high bad debt levels.

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