Barclays takes knife to Asian investment bank

Barclays to cut 100 Asia-Pacific jobs in investment banking and markets, as the old guard make way for the new.

Denise Wee

June 03, 2014

Barclays is set to cut 100 jobs across investment banking and markets, or about 5% of its workforce from its investment bank in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a source familiar with the matter.

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