Barclays Faces Toughest Test in Investment Banking
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Barclays faces the biggest test in retooling its investment bank. Chief executives at Barclays,Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank have now all left, meaning new leaders will tackle their respective divisions’ futures. All three have lost market share to Wall Street over the last few years. But Barclays’ shrinking broker-dealer revenue makes it the top contender for further slippage.
Each bank has distinct investment banking challenges. Credit Suisse looks to be the weakest on capital: It allocates equity on the basis of 10 percent of the segment’s risk-weighted assets. Had it done so at 12 percent, as Barclays and Deutsche did last year, its investment bank’s pretax return on equity would have been 5 percentage points lower…
Barclays Faces Toughest Test in Investment Banking
