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Credit Suisse-UBS merger would make investment banking sense
If UBS’s reported exploration of a merger with Credit Suisse actually leads to a tie-up at some point, it would create a formidable European investment bank.
17 Sep 2020 -
Mizuho beefs up convertibles team
Andy Bourne and Ross Webster have arrived at Mizuho International to work on convertible bonds.
15 Sep 2020 -
HSBC wants to take mid-market push beyond UK
HSBC might be in the middle of a big restructuring, but that isn’t stopping plans to develop mid-market M&A efforts in France, Germany and Asia as well as the UK, writes David Rothnie. The bank has also bolstered its teams covering specific sectors.
03 Sep 2020 -
Okuda starts efficiency drive at Nomura
Nomura has cut jobs in its investment banking business in Europe over the summer, following losses in leveraged finance, as its new chief executive eyes up other regions for growth, writes David Rothnie.
27 Aug 2020 -
UBS hits stride after rocky road to collaboration
UBS reckons it has a hit upon a ‘unique formula’ for growth as it expands its investment banking offering to its high net worth clients, writes David Rothnie.
20 Aug 2020 -
ABN Amro to slim down CIB
ABN Amro plans to quit corporate banking outside Europe, except for clearing, and also exit trade and commodity finance in a shake-out of its corporate and investment banking activities.
12 Aug 2020 -
Cost cuts central to Gottstein's Credit Suisse shake-up
Credit Suisse chief executive Thomas Gottstein has brought its investment bank back together but threatens to leave it with a diminished corporate finance business, David Rothnie reports.
06 Aug 2020 -
Embattled HSBC to press on with restructuring
HSBC revealed a big increase in credit loss provisions in its second quarter results on Monday, as it vowed to step up the pace of its strategy shift. In the investment bank, it was a strong outing for fixed income and currencies trading, but a disappointing quarter for equities.
03 Aug 2020 -
Gottstein creates unified investment bank at Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse is bringing its disparate markets and investment banking operations into one division, it announced on Thursday, as new chief executive Thomas Gottstein draws out a fresh structure for the bank. The bank is aiming to create savings to be invested elsewhere, but did not give much detail about where cuts would be made.
30 Jul 2020 -
HSBC creates solutions teams for ESG, FIG and corps
HSBC has become the latest bank to create a dedicated team for sustainable finance amid the coronavirus crisis. This is part of a new strategic solutions group, which will also house two other solutions units: one for corporate finance, and one for financial institutions and capital.
27 Jul 2020
