Barclays Capital

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Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank 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 (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

External links

[Barclays Capital official web site]

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