Barclays Cuts 100 From Prime Brokerage

One hundred people, or approximately 30% of the people working in prime brokerage at Barclays Bank, lost their jobs earlier this month, Global Banking News reports.

The bank is making the cuts because of a drop-off in hedge fund and other brokerage business, rather than because of overlap with Lehman Brothers’ prime brokerage.

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