Southpaw
by David Rothnie

• Citi eyes home improvements to overhaul investment banking elite

  After establishing itself as a top three player in European investment banking, Citi is now making an ambitious push for the summit in its home market, writes David Rothnie.

  • 13 Jun 2019

• Kepler rises as cash equities biz falls to earth

  Kepler Cheuvreux has become the go-to option for European banks looking to breathe life into failing their equity capital markets businesses. David Rothnie reports.

  • 06 Jun 2019

• Commerz pushes ahead with IB Plan A

  Commerzbank is expanding its investment banking business as it doubles down in its domestic heartland, writes David Rothnie.

  • 30 May 2019

• BofA’s top-three goal relies on intensity

  Bank of America is covering more clients than ever in a quest to overhaul its rivals at the summit of the league table rankings, spelling further bad news for European banks, writes David Rothnie.

  • 22 May 2019

• Soc Gen revamps as Oudéa eyes revival

  Société Générale has raised the prospect of becoming the latest European bank to outsource parts of its equities business as it follows rivals with a cost-cutting drive, writes David Rothnie

  • 16 May 2019

• Activists hold key to Europe’s M&A fortunes

  Banks face big decisions over client selection and positioning as Europe’s M&A boom falters, writes David Rothnie

  • 09 May 2019

• Deutsche holds firm despite Whitbread broking loss

  For all its woes, Deutsche Bank’s corporate finance business has much to play for in EMEA, writes David Rothnie.

  • 02 May 2019

• Goldman’s reboot suffers mission creep

  A tough quarter scuppered Goldman Sachs's strategic update but the bank places deeds before words and is already well advanced in its new strategy, writes David Rothnie

  • 24 Apr 2019

• Hot under the collar: banks make big calls in strategic equity

  A surge in shareholder activism is providing banks with a lucrative new source of revenue, but they have to tread carefully or risk losing treasured corporate relationships, writes David Rothnie.

  • 17 Apr 2019

• Nomura’s IB ‘restart’ risks repeating history

  Nomura’s growth plan in its latest restructuring depends on sweeping away regional fiefdoms while finding greater consistency. History suggests this could be a tall order, writes David Rothnie.

  • 11 Apr 2019

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