Barclays bankers brace for job cuts in Asia

India equities among the areas earmarked for scaling back. Widespread talk of imminent job cuts at the British bank has some senior bankers already looking for an exit.

Alison Tudor-Ackroyd

January 05, 2016

Barclays’s bankers in Asia are feeling nervous. Talk of swathing job cuts in the coming weeks has many of them looking for a way out, say people familiar with their thinking.

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