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oya, lets draw a line under all this beef.

The beef ends here.

Make una no cross this line o!

You guys missed Kaka!!
who are you buying?

I know IBTC quite well, especially before recapitalization exercise forced them to join Chartered.
I think Peterside made a mistake obtaining universal banking licence. The universal banking licence they had, but not operated, made N25b capital base requirement cover them and they were left with no other option than to merge with Chartered and acquire one other small bank(can't remember the name). They couldn't make their marks in commercial banking, given the fact that all the Zeniths, GTBs, UBAs, FBNs, UBNs of this world are having a firm grip of the market and it will take a miracle to outsmart them in their traditional terrain. It was therefore only inevitable that Peterside gave the bank to Standard bank of SA, a major player in this terrain in African market.
Yet, about 2 years after, we are still expecting to see what the miracle the SA guys want to perform to compete with the Zeniths of this world.

well said bro!!

In any case, if IBTC had remained the Investment Banking and Trust Company Ltd it was pre-merger or more critically, pre-obtaining universal banking licence, then this topic would have been IBTC and others. Their investment banking subsidiary,(SIAML) proudly headed by my bros, is no doubt still a force to reckon with in their primary constituency, and with the quintessential Yewande Sadiku and Funso Akere calling the shots in their Corporate Finance Division, I don't think any informed rating will put IBTC outside top 3 in investment banking ranking in Nigeria. But commercial banking, we can only hope for the good. . .

ol boi, something tells me we are still gonna drag you back to Investment Banking
Ol boi, ur first class degree shoudnt waste away ooo!

for real, ure right about IBTCs commercial banking move. There are 2 sides to the story
i think the move has taken the shine off their INV Bank outfit while all efforts are being channeled into competing with the regular hawks
The last time i heared, IBTC is about the only commercial bank embarking on a serious manhunt all over the country trying to look for suitable manpower to man the yet to be opened offices all over the country
I heared they are going to grow their outlets to position them strategically and to put them in a postion to start competing with the others
fyi, they are already pulling weights in the consumer loan arrangements with competitive interest rates!

i dont think it will take them many years to compete with the others but i see other smaller investment banking outifts springing up and taking a chunk of what would have been originally IBTCs meat.

lets see, the market is becoming bouyant and im gettin tipsy
who says, i may be in Stanbic tmr if they can match my wage

the future is bright for our finance industry. A lot of my friends in the foreign banks are itching to run back home to add to whats happening, people are in good business schools abroad preparing to storm 9ja
Dayokanu and co are getting ready to storm 9ja
Jarus, come back to us

tkb,
are you guys doing venture capital?
I have a project that needs financing, do you guys finance a good business plan or you only go for the known cash cows?

my oga. let us talk outside the curtain

if ur biz is compelling enuff, then you dont have to worry
no fund raising outfit will run away from any compelling biz case

tkb,
I was referring to Nigerian banks actually. You said you work in a foreign outfit abi.
Since this consolidation thingie, they all seem to be commercial-banking focused, while the asset management firms are the ones doing investment banking.

Ajanlekoko
ure right my oga.

even GS is going commercial banking now. My coy operates under a global body that is thinkin seriously of going commercial (not in 9ja tho) to weather the melt down.

Like Jarus said, their isnt too much business going on except for the Private Equity guys. Any right thinking person will know this is when the PE guys will be making a kill. If the structured capital market isnt favourable to raise capital, the only possible option is to go dangling your carrots at the PE guys.

Ive been on this course for the past 6-7 months running from Accra, Dakar to the far east looking for PE guys that will be willing to shed some cash in some of my mandates.

Investment Banking is cool, brain tasking, energy consuming and really rewarding
as for T-cann
you need to be all analytic, energic and be ready to spend long hours and weekends working on your mandates
some coys dont employ if you dont have the Mscs, First Class and the rest but its not really hard to figure

Just get yourself enrolled in CFA and get the level 1 passed and i can bet, you can enter one of those coys
if you have ACCA, ICAN and co with ur B.sc, you can hit up places like Stanbic BGL and co and they will be ready to take you in
But bros, the work can worry ooo

but if you work in a place like my office, ure sure gonna get a bonus as big as your annual pay
and thats just the plain truth.

so guys, lets talk, CFA guys are in town.
We are probably gonna have our 9ja CFA soooooooon

I would say they are still big. There's no more an investment banking niche (I may be wrong, me I be engineer!) as it was in those days when IBTC was a 100% investment banking-focused operation. Looks like the banks are now more into commercial banking, and they all have an asset management spin-off or subsidiary focusing on the investment banking side.
Obviously Stanbic IBTC is yet to establish itself as a major player in commercial banking. I'm sure Stanbic IBTC Asset Management is a very strong player

hmm, are you sure of what you just said?
i work in a strictly Investment banking outfit
A foreign from one of the cold countries that specialises only in emerging markets

I dont know if IBTC does more deals
as a matter of fact, i know all the peeps running the PE, corp finance and stuffs in coys like Africinvest, IBTC stanbic, Actis and co
i dont think IBTC is still the big pimpim
I know the SA unit has just got some funds to invest in emergin markets too (stealing our strategy ), i can only say, the market is big enuff for everybody

ARM, VETIVA, Chapel Hill, Capital Alliance, BGL and co are all big!

Tee-Cann
abeg no vex, ill try as much as possible to respond with my analysis of the industry as soon as what im doing is over
you all know it was CFA alst weekend and the CFA institute guys are in town this week so a lotta stuffs are happening

will holla back people

Jarus
i no be your master oooo!!

You really are getting radical, and I specialize in frustrating radicals.

nah! more like hes getting dumb!

i surely understand how to cut people to size
he needs it.

he shld leave me ID outta his usual folderol
not in me character to flex with steet urchins

not in my character. . . .
somebody shld be warned abeg

Scumtwats On My Di.ck,

Wow, been away for a minute and ya'all came out in droves?
Who ya?  
Where ya being when i was having a laugh with Sauron?

we dont give a single toss of a hammer if u have a laff with sauron or Lucifer
just grow ur brains the same way ur asinine comments have been growing in leaps

Crizzle is the wifey, we understand each other well

nah, the babe practically told u to stop being a nuisance
cant u read in between the lines?

so to TKB and Emperoh, zip it shut or have a 3000volt laced live wire seal it for good!

in the committee of the brain dead, you should be a crown prince!!
TKB shut his mouth for Brash?
its more like a prodigious use of an innuendo from a slowpoke. Dude, dont fckin take me back my old ways, cos ur grand fathers used to be my sparing partners!! ask Loyiks and Kitaun
i dont do miniatures !

Fuc.k ya all piggybacking on Crizzle to make a point, i double dare ya'all to stand up to me, gibberish spitting cowards!

ok, i promise you a thorough washdown and ur overbloated self esteem will never be the same again.
ill always be on ground to put you in ur rightful place.

Sauron stands up tall around here, the rest of ya are just bloody footsoldiers who only jump on the bandwagon and glorychase
He single handedly takes & chucks back the barrage of criticisms, banters and fierce slagging, ya ll just duck and duck like floozies![/b]I can take anything all day from Crizzle and Tubabie without drawing out mouthy double assaults or spit-spatz onto them, they are SAFE!
[b]If you aint stood up to me, or any other critic around here, then you are an insignificant and contemptible slowpoke! Gonna have to do the RETARD rankings again, and DK will be pleased to see more scumtwats come on board
Freaks, battling me is like taking on a ghost, i am good at what i do, it dont get cockier than this!
I reduce people to rubbles for fun and mash up naysayers like strawberries!

what have you said? you need a brain check!!
you must think this is a rap thread
lmao!!! are you this retarded? your mates are scheming schitzo outside NL ure busy licking dirty asses!
were you a fcking deprived low lifer when you were growing up or cant u fcking reason like an adult?
who the frigging fck is ur mate on this blog?
count ur peers bruv, some dawgs in here arent just who u can throw at.
ol boi, choose ur wars carefully, we dont play on the same turf

All day spank ya'all down in your hood, All day run rings around you and torment ya'all to the bone marrows, All day BRASHY!ITS OFFICIAL

ure daranged!
make some sense brotha. We aint in a rap thread

Crizzle take who to the cleaners? I pack punchlines and weight more than a milli of ya'all put together

ure a Arrow! u dont have a brain so says tkb and ill say it again and again

And to ya who feels he dont know footy, thanks, i will take it on the chin, you the wise ones ay?
Run that mouth one more time, and i will have it fed with liquid cancer!

feed what with liquid cancer? does that make sense to you?
analysing soccer isnt ur forte, trading words has never been ur comfort zone, stepping on anybody isnt a good idea
watch ur space or ill ruin it quietly. Ur mates are in the Romance sec. Here, you watch who you throw at
ask ur mentor Sauron.

Nah seriously, this aint personal, but if you wanna take it personal, pop my collar and i will freeze ya like subzero!

fck u dawg!
u dont call the shots!
we do!

i await ur post mortem dirge from me hideout


Mancs
i havent had the opportunity to do an elaborate convo on debt structuring and stuffs
thts my call and ill try to add one or two things to what Sauron, Ruudie and Tubabie were trying to say.
Maybe Crayon can learn one or 2 things


HNIC
na u sabi

Stop being restless!
Where is the "proper footy related analysis or debate" that you have done?
Except ask a question, wait for the response and comment on with your already formed opinion without giving facts or reasons to validate your stance.

Brash does not know anything about footie so dont bother

Yummy, see who is here!
I have done a billi load of analysis and debates on the sport section on NL
You and your co-glorychasers pale in comparison to me
Sauron, DEBOSKY,IBIME AND a few others can stand up tall, but ya'all only merit the sidelines!
Yeah, say it, i am arrogant and cocky, datz me, pointblank!
I ask Sauron questions and wait for him to reply because i enjoy his never give up attitude and i largely wind him up anyway
Simple, do you have the balls? NAH i dont think so and without being sexist, ladies dont have balls!

now u can see, this is all he does on NL. . . .
na wa for people sef
asslicking is a heinous crime where i come from

Brash, your epilepsy of the mouth is becoming way too chronic. The fact that you're so jobless that you come on NL and wait patiently for a United fan to come online and argue meaninglessly with you for hours doesn't mean everyone else is.

And really, no serious person gives 2 cents about your ''all-knowing'' opinions. You're the best attention-seeker on Sports, yet you have the gall to call others glory chasers.

Abeg go out or something, silly goose. And just so you know, kissing Sauron's unwashed arse is kinda downgrading for a dude of your elevated chauvinistic, all-intelligent status
Just trying to help you out, dude.

hmmm, i wont say anything again

You're happy bragging about Sauron, Ibime, Debosky et. al, yet how many times have they gone to your thread to quote you and specifically look for you to argue with?
Debo's on your thread already, true, but he pays you no heed till you come after him.

MINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wake up and smell the coffee, dude. . .you bask in the limelight created by others, and your attempts at creating yours is pathetic. Your soccer knowledge ain't sound, so you cover it up by being ''brashy'' and ''nasty'' and ''arrogant and ''harshy''. Most find you a pest. Come on, grow up already and maturely focus on soccer instead of how small the size of your chest is.

Only your friend will tell you like it is with blunt honesty, so better thank me after reading this

MINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HELP!!! Brash is being murdered here!!!! Call an ambulance, Brash is on Life support.

Call the cops Crizzle is a cold blooded Murderer- Straight to Gitmo,

Seriously who takes brash serious around here in footie analysis Just another attention seeker without proper knowledge of the game

hmm, ill need to start putting Brash in his place
watch this space

@Mancs
whts gud?

keep the flag flying people

One United!!!!

@tubabie/Cristalz

Nothing do you gurls

@ ajanlekoko
I didn't say the investment bankin houses pay 7-10 mills for entry level. All I said is the kind of bonuses they pay in such coys are like woa!!! I'm an investment banker and I don't think oil coys pay such figures for people at my level. Not an entry level guy tho(lol)

Trust you to always say something daft.
Perhaps, you're suffering from losers syndrome. . .not to worry, take a chill pill.

BTW, if you were smart, u'd realize its an article written by a professional critic on Dailymail.

i had to crawl back to reply u idiot
ure a poof cos i copied ur own inference and not the moronic so called professional critic

Brash
i dont have ur time and u'll do well to leave me in peace cos i aint in the mood.

Eastbay
CR7 should be sold?
and what will become of Man U?

leave Giggs and Scholes and sell Ronaldo? what did you drink last nite?

we should buy more excellent players to complement what Ronaldo is doing, ure here saying the only good footballer should be sold
take ur time o

I hate to say it but whay would a gaynner be here shouting about our performance?
the same team that got raped home and away?

we shall see who will cry again next season
hopeless rats

Hmmm

Its cool. Congrats to Barcelona and thier fans.
It was a well deserved victory.

Questions begging for answers pls:

why did Ferguson make a manchester united team play so poorly?
if we played like that against Hull, we would have lost.

why would UTD try to contain and not attack?

why would Rooney suddenly turn a defender?
How on earth did  Ferguson think the game will be won by being laid back?

we should have lost gallantly instead of bringing the club and the supporters to shame
we did not play anything

it was a show of shame by the 11 players on parade.
That wasnt the UTD i know

Another european lesson learnt by SAF.

Verdict: UTD should have done better.
Kudos to Messi, Iniesta, Henry and etto. They played just like ill love my team to play.

I have always told whoever cared to listen that we need another CR7 in that team. Only CR7 cannot be carrying that team forever
All that was needed was a player who could ignite the team, but alas, i looked and looked and i could only see a jaded CR7 who couldnt do much. (not his fault, hes tried)

GIGGS, SCHOLES AND GARY shld retire

Hold on to Ronaldo, buy Benzema and Ribery and we can take on the rest of the world.

Did anyone see How Iniesta and Xavi dominated play?

To all my fellow mancs, its not all sad tales, we are worthy runners up.

as for me, ill be hiding for a while not cos of the defeat but cos of some personal runs

so sad

Ferguson the best? He's not even as good as Hiddink and Guardiola - and Vidic is an overrated carthorse as well

people like this shld be made to listen to people and stop talking.
u talk too much and hence ur moronic statements everytime

chei!!!

the biggest game of the year

it doesnt come easy! you just have to be special to play in a game like this
we are winning.
Im getting drunk tonite. Thats for realla

ki le leyi

ooh ohhh
then change the topic to the first Nigerian to play professional footie in England
That EPL thingy is confusing

Emperoh
yes o, hitting the air

slot Park where Giggs is, put Rooney where Park is and slot Tevez where you have Rooney

with that, they will be slaughtered!!

Ibime:
Not Premier League per say. That was created in 1992, but Rueben had been playing in the top division in England as far back as 1982.

i know bros but we talking about the EPL.

is Fash a Nigerian? Reuben Agboola didnt play in the EPL!

Emperoh
Scholes? he'll probably come in when the game is sewn up

Cristalz
i know Giggs can do it but ill love to see him come from the bench cos this game will be decided in the 2nd half
the first half will be a ding dong cos nobody will want to get hurt in the first few minutes

Emperoh
Ill briefly be at the Heineken Planet and ruuuun as fast as my legs could carry me to the airport.

Penthouse is not a bad idea tho

Emperoh
Its not the sports bar. The place im talking about is called the Heineken Planet
The final will be strictly by invitation. I was there at the last UCL final i think with DK sef

Its a cool place. Just for correct guys like ya.

U can try The Penthouse Suite XVIII opposite Eko Hotel. Beside Kuramo pry school.
Tonite is d nite

Giggs cant start this kinda game na
u want Xavi to kill him? as for me, anybody tht gets on that turf will do us proud so no worries

khanye:
Thank God Oshea is playing!

thank God Sylvinho, Yaya and Puyol are all playing against our attackers.

we shall see how they will survive the armageddon!!

God is in control of the two teams
go to the field and do ur thing or u want the Angels to come and play for you?

UTD will win!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EPL?
hmm. I dunno now but i think that name EPL started in the early 90s
will it be Efan Ekoku with Norwich City?
not sure

this thread will be so silent tmr
pls make sure u snap the players when they start shedding tears

UNITED WILL WIN!

so so confident.
we aint Chelsea you know, we know how to do it when the chips are down
trust me on this

@Emperoh
u want Giggs to play so that Evra can be dealt with shey?

no way!

come on united let's win. i'll be arriving from a trip today and doubt i i'll've time to blog or post thoughts today as i'll be far from a laptop but i'll not miss this final for the world. i'll watching the match in a bar.
As a good friend and fellow Manc said:
Forget Christmas. Forget your birthday. Forget your wedding day, the birth of your child.
Forget Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. Forget the day war began and the day war ended.
Forget the birth and death of Kings and Queens.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, is as important as Rome tomorrow night.

Vinisky called it hia first: 4-1 to Manchester United. God bless and Goodluck fellow Mancs.

Viva La Football
Viva Manchester United
Viva Nigeria.

thats the spirit bro
One United!!!

Do you have one?

Anyway i am wearing a Barca boxers today!

Crizzle wanna see?

yes i do

TKB
Where is ya favorite joint on V/I to watch the match.
I hate cubes, Club 10 the this other one at the back of Zenith Heights (forgotten the name)
Need a smoke free environment if i can get any. . . . . .am a stay out late tonight!!

Give us this day O Lord!!!!

Go to Heineken Planet, behind Zenith
Ligali Ayorinde , i think Jide Oki to be precise

u know Cubes?
heheheh, used to run things there

Who cares what color the jersey is. . .red, white, or blue, as long as it's got the original United badge on it!

I'm going with my blue today.

Berbatov to start? Hmm. I'm not so sure about that. . .

correct!!!
im wearing my blue also.

GO GO GO UNITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

even if Macheda starts its cos SAF knows he can do it
at that level, anybody playing today will die on the field
lets do it people

Rosenborg have been coming as Norway's sole rep for 13 years, are they anywhere in Europe yet??
The EPL's Big Four's has the best teams in Europe, why shouldn't they be the best in England??

eldee, ni bo lowa?
make we talk abeg

u no get white

We're deemed as the away team tonight so we'll be in the all-white strip while Barca will wear their traditional home jerseys. . . . .

Don't give too much care for this but - in '91, we beat em wearing white and we was in all-white when we played out that thrilling 3-3 draw at the Nou Camp en-route the '99 victory. . . . . so i guess its a good omen or is it

i dont have white. i dont even like it.
The red and blue are much cooler especially the long sleeves ( always my spec)

we are wearing white?
let them wear anything, we'll coming out tops.

whay are we the away team? are we not the defending champions?
we shld be wearing our red

Wonder what the atmosphere is like out there in Lagos. . . . . must be a massive buzz - gosh, its at such times that i really miss being away from Lag!
i can just imagine guys walking around with scarves, jerseys and all manner of items showing support for their teams.

Wearing my UTD jersey right now!

travelling after the game and i will be in ma jersiey at the airport.
which one shld i wear sef? red or blue?

Give us this day oh Lord!

Proudly United.

Amin Ase Edumare!!!

UNITED FOR LIFE!!!!

ol boi, where have u been?
the movies section shey? thats a good thread man, keept it up
i only go there to read and go see the movies afterwards

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=268431.msg3927962#msg3927962 date=1243365049]Storm is shitty??
I thunk it was the most expensive smartfone in the world as at Christmas, no?

Fletcher cannot play tomorrow(he is suspended).
Besides that, why should we keep some armoury? Reserve armoury for the 2nd leg or what??
I say. . . . . .Get players with legs and verve on that pitch and choke Barcelona to death like we did Arsenal.
2-0 in the first half to settle our nerves.[/quote]storm aint ma kinda fone. cant use i-phone either

the midfield combo of Ando, Carrick and Park are just what we need to neutralise the twats in Barca.
keep it tight and look for loopholes to launch counters shld be our motto tmr

we are winning