Barclays sacks 150 employees in Dubai

Dubai - The British bank has been reviewing its business globally after the appointment of Jes Staley as chief executive in December.

 Barclays is cutting nearly 150 staff from its corporate banking arm in Dubai as part of a restructuring of the business in the emirate, a source said.
The British bank has been reviewing its business globally after the appointment of Jes Staley as chief executive in December. The bank will cut about 1,000 jobs in investment banking worldwide and close its cash equities business in Asia, Reuters reported.
The bank will close its office in Emaar Square and move some staff to its branch in the DIFC, the source said.
A spokesman for the bank said it was aligning its Middle East corporate banking business to international locations, such as the United States, as well as to the bank's regional investment bank and wealth and investment management business. - Reuters
"We are adopting an operating model that better leverages our global capabilities and centres of excellence," the spokesman added.
The source said the bank would continue operating a corporate business in the region, with clients partly serviced from other regions.
The restructuring of Barclays' Middle East corporate banking unit represents the latest dial down of its business in the region. In 2014, the bank agreed to sell its retail banking operations in the UAE to Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) for an expected Dh650 million ($177 million).