Latest Credit Suisse News: Finextra Research

Brief: Multex wins CSFB research contract

Multex.com has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement to provide Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) with an online platform for delivering equity and fixed income research to employees and institutional clients globally.

29 June 2001

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Brief: Credit Suisse First Boston online brokerage slashes 180 jobs

CSFBdirect, the online brokerage service of Credit Suisse First Boston, is to cut 180 jobs, or 14 per cent of its domestic employees, in light of current trading activity.

01 June 2001

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LoanX platform wins big bank backing

Bank of America, CSFB, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and JPMorganChase have invested in LoanX, a new secondary market liquidity platform for trading par and near-par loans.

16 May 2001

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BondBook launches, adds CSFB, Lehman and UBS Warburg

Credit Suisse First Boston, Lehman Brothers, and UBS Warburg, have agreed to join BondBook, a registered Alternative Trading System (ATS) that provides anonymous trading of US investment grade and high yield corporate bonds and investment grade sovereign debt securities. The news coincides with the initial launch among 14 investment management and banking firms of the BondBook electronic marketplace.

08 May 2001

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Credit Suisse closes online brokerage

Credit Suisse is to shut down its pan-European online brokerage platform, creditsuissedirect.com, after just six months of operation. The Swiss bank says it will instead concentrate on the development of multi-channel product delivery in regional markets.

03 May 2001

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Interactive Investor looking for buyer

Struggling UK online personal finance operation Interactive Investor International has retained Credit Suisse First Boston to advise on a possible sale of the company or its businesses. Negotiations with potential buyers are ongoing says the firm.

23 March 2001

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TradeWeb to launch online CP market

Dealer-backed bond trading venture TradeWeb, has announced plans to launch a commercial paper (CP) marketplace. The TradeWeb CP market will initially derive liquidity from its backers, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Salomon Smith Barney.

08 February 2001

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Swiss top online banking poll.

Swiss banks Credit Suisse and UBS have been declared Europe's top online bankers in rankings devised by research company Forrester. France's Banque Direct and BNP Paribas run in a close third and fourth

14 December 2000

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Credit Suisse to roll out Palm trading system

Credit Suisse is to provide private investors with a real-time online share and bond dealing service over Palm Pilots.

29 November 2000

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Credit Suisse Web glitch reveals star secrets - Blick

Swiss newspaper Blick is reporting a technical failure at Credit Suisse which led to the publication on the Internet of showbusiness stars' secret Swiss bank account numbers, private addresses and money transfers.

09 November 2000

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Credit Suisse investment service to feature on MSN

Credit-Suisse's new online investment service targeting Europe's 40 million high net-worth individuals is to feature on a new pan-European personal finance channel from MSN, the Microsoft Internet portal.

27 October 2000

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Credit Suisse launches European online investment service

Credit Suisse is to launch a pan-European online investment and personal financial advisory service for wealthy individuals. The service will initially be introduced in the UK and Germany.

19 September 2000

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