Barclays Capital

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Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays plc. It is a primary dealer in U.S. Treasury securities and many European Government bonds.

Barclays Capital is led by CEO Robert (Bob) Diamond, an American who had been vice-chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston prior to joining Barclays. Barclays Capital had 2004 income of GBP 3.4 billion/USD 6.4 billion primarily driven by the structured tax and rates businesses(Barclays Bank as a whole had 2004 income of GBP 13.9 billion/USD 26.4 billion.)

Barclays Capital provides corporates, financial institutions, governments and supranational organisations with solutions to their financing and risk management needs including:

  • Bonds
  • Collateralised Finance
  • Commodities
  • Credit Trading
  • Derivatives
  • Equity Products
  • Fixed Income
  • Foreign Exchange
  • Futures
  • Loans
  • Prime Brokerage
  • Private Equity
  • Repos
  • Securitisation
  • Structuring & Tax Arbitrage

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