VENTURE CAPITAL POST

A majority of Wall Street's top bond firms see the Federal Reserve starting to raise interest rates by the second quarter of next year, showing slightly more aggressive expectations compared with a month ago, a Reuters survey showed on Friday.

Citigroup and HSBC are among five banks chosen to manage India's planned sale of a stake in state oil company Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), three sources with direct knowledge of the development said on Monday.

Marketing software provider HubSpot Inc filed with U.S. regulators on Monday for an initial public offering of common stock.

Train manufacturer China CNR Corp has chosen China International Capital Corp, Macquarie Group Ltd and UBS AG for its share offering in Hong Kong, according to sources interviewed by Bloomberg.

UBS AG Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti belied rumors that the biggest lender in Switzerland will be spinning off its investment banking business, Bloomberg reported.

The initial public offering (IPO) pipeline of Australia is set to improve along with merger and acquisition activity in 2014 despite poor performances this year, according to investment bank UBS.

SAC Capital Advisors UK's Massimo Amati, Stanislas de Caumont and Robert Harris have agreed to join rival hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management. Other portfolio managers and analysts are departing SAC after the firm decided to shut down its London office.

A 2013 Billionaire census report by Wealth-X and UBS showed an increase in the number of millionaires in the Middle East, and that amount of wealth hold by Middle Eastern billionaires topped any other region in the world.

Judge Katherine Forrest dismissed the lawsuit filed by investors led by two pension funds against UBS, which accused the bank of fraud regarding the latter's risk management practices, Bloomberg said.

Queensland-based coal mining company Carabella Resources Ltd received a hostile bid from private Chinese firm Wealth Mining, which already owns an 11.06% stake in the Australian mining firm.

Swiss bank UBS Ag said Ulrich Koerner will be replacing John Fraser as Head of Global Asset Management. Fraser is set to retire by the end of month.

Switzerland bank UBS AG launched its EUR1.75 billion or USD2.4 billion bond buyback program, which will be applicable to subordinate and senior unsecured bonds in several European currencies.

Credit Suisse is promoting veteran Swiss investment banker Thomas Gottstein to head up its ultra-rich clients business in Switzerland, highlighting the expertise increasingly sought by private banks to cater to their wealthiest customers.

The Corporate Advisory Group of Swiss lender UBS, said three unnamed sources, will be scaling back its team in charge of providing corporate advisory and investment banking services to the ultra-rich in emerging markets including Asia and the Middle East.

Swiss lender UBS said it will be offering to repurchase some of the shares of its Puerto Rico bond funds. The buyback program came as the commonwealth's debt lost 16% this year.