Rubinoff Behaves as Chairman of GBIB
January 31st, 2012, 7:35 am
Bank of America is reportedly shuffling the leadership of the investment bank since it attempts to reinvigorate the struggling unit amid growing economic uncertainty.
Former Lehman Brothers veteran Christian Meissner will become head of worldwide corporate investment banking at Bank of America, even though the unit’s two former co-heads, Paul Donofrio and Michael Rubinoff, will take on new roles, according to a written report by Reuters.
All three executives will are accountable to former Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs (GS: 109.73, -2.04, -1.83%) executive and BofA co-chief operating officer, Tom Montag, according to a memo he sent on Sunday to employees.
Donofrio will end up head of worldwide corporate banking credit and transaction banking with responsibility for global Treasury services, loan products and also other services, while Rubinoff behaves as chairman of GBIB, where he’ll be to blame for building client relationships.
Meissner, who joined the lending company from Japan’s Nomura Holdings (NMR: 3.62, +0.08, +2.26%) in April and will also be relocated to Nyc from London, will head the company’s capital market operations, such as underwriting of stock and debt offerings, and advising corporate clients on mergers and acquisitions.
The shakeup may come as investment banks still struggle money industry-wide. This season, the company at BofA saw its profit nearly halve to about $3 billion in the year-earlier as clients pulled back amid renewed economic fears and uncertainty inside the eurozone.
The nation’s biggest lender has cut a huge number of jobs in the investment bank, and much more are required to adhere to because unit efforts to tighten spending.
A company-wide operation called Project New BAC is defined to remove some 30,000 jobs over the next several years to slice $5 billion in annual expenses. The project’s second phase have yet to be set, but it is expected to trim another $3 billion.