Iranian terrorists lurk abroad in guise of diplomats, dissidents report

A report from Iranian dissidents shows how the hard-line Islamic regime places terrorist operatives abroad under the cover of diplomacy. From Austria to Albania to Iraq, an expansionist Iran has turned embassies into terrorism planning sites to meddle in host governments and hunt down the opposition, according to the report by the National Council of Resistance of Iran. The coalition includes the activist chapter known as MEK, which operates far-flung spy networks in Iran.

The report, “Iran Doubles Down on Terror and Turmoil,” presents a big-picture assessment of Iran’s foreign interventions in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, and its terrorism-sponsored plots in Europe. “The mullahs’ regime has funneled billions of dollars to finance its belligerent war agenda in the Middle East while the majority of Iran’s people are living in poverty,” the report states. “As the regime’s officials have conceded, if the regime fails to inflame wars outside Iran’s borders, it would have to fight for survival within Iran’s borders. This is because external conflicts draw attention away from domestic crises.”

The National Council’s 57-page report contains the tale of ruling Muslim mullahs on the march, unleashing abroad a number of state organs and paid militiamen to wage war. They include: the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s dominant security apparatus; the Quds Force, a committed band of paramilitary foreign provocateurs; the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and its operations arm, the Organization for Foreign Intelligence and Movements (OFIM). In Syria alone, the Revolutionary Guard controls as many as 100,000 troops. The Iranians fight alongside forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, who the U.S. says has killed thousands of innocent civilians to stay in power.

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The firestorm at HSBC's investment bank is escalating as the bank hits back against internal dissent

HSBC defends its investment banking practice after senior staff wrote a scathing memo to the bank's management by senior staff over recent weeks. In a statement given to Financial News, HSBC said that its global banking has a "clear strategy that is working. Dissent within the bank is centered around a whistleblower's memo railing against 'rewards for persistent failure' that was sent on August 25. It is said to have attacked HSBC's leadership for what it says is a failure "to create a successful strategy."

HSBC fired back at internal criticism over its investment banking practices following a staff-penned memo to management late last month. "We are proud of our Global Banking business and of what Robin [Phillips, HSBC's co-head of global banking] and his senior leadership team have achieved over the past few years," HSBC said in a statement to Business Insider. In a statement given to Financial News, HSBC said that its global banking teams have a "clear strategy that is working." Dissent within the bank is centred around a memo, reportedly titled "Global Banking & Markets: Rewards for Persistent Failure" and sent on August 25. It is said to have attacked HSBC's leadership for what it says is a failure "to create a successful strategy." "The division's leadership has, year-on-year, utterly failed to create a successful strategy,'' the memo reportedly said, according to Financial News and the Financial Times. "We are entirely fed up and demoralized and have no confidence at all in the existing leadership." "Unlike any other bank, there is no proper and effective route to provide upward feedback: hence this memo, which is whistleblowing on incompetence," the memo reportedly said.

HSBC's defense of its global-banking practice comes soon after the Financial Times reported that senior executives have described the memo as "trash" and "lacking substance" to back up its criticism. In interviews with more than a dozen current and former HSBC executives, the FT said some investors had contacted them about the issue, while others claimed a management shake-up might follow.

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Bank of America's investment banking chief Christian Meissner is departing as firm dips in banking league tables

Christian Meissner, the head of global investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is leaving the firm. He joined the firm in 2010 and is set to depart at the end of this year, according to an internal memo. He will be succeeded by Matthew Koder, the bank's president of Asia Pacific.

Christian Meissner is out at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The company's global investment banking chief has decided to leave the firm at the end of the year, according to an internal memo from COO Tom Montag. "I am very proud of what we have achieved during the last eight years. We have built a tremendous team around the world serving our clients and it's been an honor to have led such a talented group of professionals," Meissner is quoted as saying in the memo. Succeeding Meissner is Matthew Koder, the bank's president of Asia Pacific, who will soon move from Hong Kong to New York to facilitate the transition.

Meissner joined in 2010, a period of turmoil for all of Wall Street, though Bank of America was especially hard hit. He built the firm's investment bank into a top contender, battling the likes of JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs in the annual league tables. The bank's investment banking performance has taken a step back of late, falling from third in 2015 to fourth the past two years on the overall league tables, according to data from industry consultant Coalition. The bank came in fifth in the investment banking league tables through the first half of 2018.

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