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• Credit Suisse hires top levfin banker Ross

  Credit Suisse has hired David Ross, a veteran of the EMEA leveraged finance markets, to co-head its EMEA leveraged finance capital markets group.

  • 18 Sep 2017

• Echlin and Drew move on as Credit Suisse rolls out senior revamp

  

  Credit Suisse has replaced Marisa Drew and Mark Echlin as co-heads of EMEA investment banking and capital markets with Mathew Cestar and Jens Welter. The bank also announced a senior hire in leveraged finance.

  • 18 Sep 2017

• Jefferies takes Benelux M&A team from Deutsche

  

  Jefferies has opened an investment banking office in Amsterdam and has poached a team of bankers from Deutsche Bank to run it.

  • 14 Sep 2017

• Banks power up in industrials as coverage model shifts

  

  The shifting landscape in industrials is changing the way banks are hiring for the sector, and the power base is moving to Europe from the US, writes David Rothnie.

  • 14 Sep 2017

• Capital markets revenues surge as trading businesses languish

  

  Capital markets divisions had the best revenue performance across investment banks in the first half of the year, according to analyst firm Coalition.

  • 07 Sep 2017

• Corporate broking under pressure as banks fight for mid-market

  

  A mid-market shake-out is under way in UK corporate broking as global banks and smaller rivals jostle for supremacy, writes David Rothnie.

  • 07 Sep 2017

• Banks scrap for talent in quest for Saudi fee bonanza

  International banks spent the summer applying for licences and securing talent as they beat a path to Saudi Arabia. History suggests that many will leave disappointed, argues David Rothnie.

  • 31 Aug 2017

• Banks bolster sponsor coverage amid Asian private equity boom

  

  Banks are making efforts to boost their sponsor coverage in Asia, responding to the growing prominence of private equity funds in the region and a shift in business ownership to a younger generation that is more open to selling stakes. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.

  • 31 Aug 2017

• MUFG hires again in levfin expansion drive

  

  MUFG said on Thursday that it had hired former HSBC banker Jeff Bennett as head of leveraged corporate origination and structuring, part of the bank’s longer term expansion of its leveraged finance and investment banking businesses in EMEA.

  • 24 Aug 2017

• Anoa Capital plans a comeback following turbulent times

  

  The lead arranger of the Etihad Partners bond, which counts controversial businessman Lars Windhorst as a shareholder, is plotting a comeback after a turbulent period, writes David Rothnie.

  • 24 Aug 2017

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