name barclays type division industry financial services founded 1997 ; 19 years ago 1997 in london headquarters canary wharf london united kingdom products investment banking revenue us 13.280 billion 2009 total assets us 1.497 trillion 2009 number of employees 25 500 1 parent barclays website www.barclays.com ib barclays investment bank trading as barclays formerly barclays capital or barcap is the investment banking division of the british multinational barclays bank headquartered in london . it provides advisory financing and risk management services to large companies institutions and government clients . it is a primary dealer in u.s. treasury securities and various european government bonds . barclays investment bank has offices in over 29 countries and since the acquisition of lehman brothers main u.s. division in september 2008 employs over 20 000 people with over 7 000 people working in the it division . 2 this has significantly increased barclays presence in north america . 3 history edit barclays first investment banking arm was established in 1985 under the name barclays de zoete wedd bzw in response to the big bang in uk financial services . it was formed through the merger of barclays merchant bank with a uk stockbroker de zoete & bevan and one of the london jobbing firms wedd durlacher . the equity and corporate finance divisions were sold to credit suisse first boston in 1998 with the remaining businesses dominated by fixed income and structured capital markets being retained by barclays and rebranded barclays capital barcap . 4 bob diamond took charge of barclays investment banking business in 1996 . diamond led the effort to purchase key assets of lehman brothers after its bankruptcy in september 2008 giving barclays a key and instant foothold in investment banking . 5 in mid march 2012 the trading name of barclays capital was changed to simply barclays and the name of the division was changed to barclays investment bank . 6 references edit menon jon august 11 2010 . barclays capital said to be preparing 300 support back office job cuts . bloomberg . our firm . barclays capital . knight india september 18 2008 . barclays deal gives hope to uk staff of lehman brothers . london the times . retrieved 2010 04 26 . about bzw barclays de zoete wedd . linkedin . retrieved august 23 2013 . howard mustoe and ambereen choudhury april 24 2013 . barclays reaps benefit of diamond s purchase of lehman in u.s. . bloomberg news . barclays drops the name capital from its investment bank division as the bank aligns under one name . this is money . 20 march 2012 . retrieved 11 june 2012 . external links edit companies portal official website v t e barclays division and subsidiaries barclays africa barclays canada barclaycard barclays investment bank barclays wealth historical components and acquisitions backhouse s bank barclays private equity crossroads group firstcaribbean international bank gurney s bank juniper bank kuhn loeb & co. martins 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