Barclays

Globally, banks announced almost 80,000 job cuts last year -- the most since 2015.

SINGAPORE (April 11): Asia’s biggest private banks boosted their assets under management to a record last year, rebounding from a 2015 contraction, amid acquisitions that swelled some firms’ portfolio holdings.

SAN FRANCISCO (Jan 27): Apple Inc. results next week will likely show iPhone sales growing again, bucking a year of declines. That’s the good news.

SINGAPORE (Nov 30): The worst is yet to come. At least that’s the opinion of the top two gold forecasters who say bullion will suffer further losses in 2017 as interest rates climb and the dollar strengthens.

SINGAPORE (Nov 28): Bank of Singapore, Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation’s private bank arm, has completed the acquisition of Barclay’s wealth and investment business in Singapore and Hong Kong.

SINGAPORE (Nov 24): Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) has established its inaugural programme to issue US$10 billion ($14.3 billion) of global mortgage covered bonds.

LONDON (Nov 22): Citi has joined JPMorgan at the top of global regulators' list of systemically important banks, replacing HSBC and meaning the US bank will have to hold extra capital from 2019 to help preserve financial stability.

LONDON (Sept 7): Top British bankers will tell finance minister Philip Hammond on Wednesday to give them a clearer idea of what the country's divorce from the European Union will mean for them when they hold their first meeting since the Brexit vote.