Banks

◆ RBC to follow compatriot CIBC with five year public deal ◆ Earlier trade 'corrected' scarce supply, achieving high oversubscription ◆ Both banks appear ahead of expected local regulatory changes to covered bond treatment

VanZandt moves from Morgan Stanley, Schultz promoted

High profile hires from Société Générale and Standard Chartered

Markus Meier and Thore Zimmermann promoted

Large and small US banks add perpetual capital to their funding mix amid tight spreads

US independent advisory firm is challenging Goldman Sachs at the top of the UK M&A rankings. Is it individual brilliance or luck?

Bank has done five deals, hopes for rapid growth

Books multiple times covered as company seeks money for energy investments

Facility now €4.5bn but increase does not extend maturity date

Undisclosed investor sells 0.85% stake in the UK telecoms company

Bank is in top 10 PE fee earners globally, but not in EMEA

State-owned bank Spuerkeess has not indicated when it will issue its first bond