LONDON/MADRID, July 26 (Reuters) - Spain's Santander (SAN.MC) is planning to hire around 150 bankers primarily in the United States as part of its plans to accelerate growth in its investment banking business, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Santander's global corporate and investment banking chief, Jose M. Linares, discussed the plans in a town hall held in New York last week, the sources said.
So far, the bank has hired more than 20 senior investment bankers chiefly in the United States, Reuters has reported.
Net profit at the bank's global corporate and investment bank rose 16% year-on-year in the second quarter to 899 million euros.
Santander employs currently around 8,000 staff at its global corporate and investment bank.
Persons:
Jose M, Linares, Ana Botin, David Hermer, Marco Antonio Achon, Corporate Finance Darren Jones, Steven Geller, Jones, Hector Grisi, Grisi, Jesús Aguado, Andres Gonzalez, Elisa Martinuzzi, David Evans
Organizations:
Spain's Santander, Credit Suisse, Reuters, Banking, Corporate Finance, Linares, Global, Santander, U.S ., Thomson
Locations:
MADRID, United States, New York, U.S, Spanish, Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Santander, America