Southpaw
by David Rothnie

• Credit Suisse eyes return to the corporate finance big time

  The Swiss bank’s corporate finance business is looking to grab a greater share of large cross-border M&A deals and has pivoted back to Europe, writes David Rothnie.

  • 13 Jun 2018

• Euro banks bide time as M&A whispers hot up

  Talk of big-ticket banking consolidation persists but Europe’s banking CEOs have a clearer path to success by executing on their current plans, writes David Rothnie.

  • 06 Jun 2018

• Spanish boutique Alantra finds Catalyst for UK expansion

  London’s future as a financial centre is under scrutiny but one rapidly expanding boutique advisory firm is pinning its future strategy on the city, writes David Rothnie.

  • 31 May 2018

• In a spin: accountancy firms are the casualties as M&A ambitions fade

  Accountancy and audit firms overestimated their brand value when it came to M&A advisory, writes David Rothnie.

  • 24 May 2018

• Evercore’s Takeda switch shows growing pains of independents

  As independent advisers take centre stage on the biggest deals, they will attract greater scrutiny, and their big selling point — freedom from conflicts — could be diminished, writes David Rothnie.

  • 16 May 2018

• Rivals eye German prize amid Deutsche Bank’s woes

  Germany’s vibrant M&A market is failing to provide the lift that Deutsche Bank needs in its home market, writes David Rothnie.

  • 09 May 2018

• Goldman Sachs leads corporate broking ‘Mark III’

  The US bank is doing it differently from its rivals as it expands in corporate broking in an effort to expand its client base and boost its standing in ECM. It might just shake up the established order, writes David Rothnie.

  • 03 May 2018

• Perella Weinberg launches European offensive

  The boutique has turned to experienced hires as it looks to build a UK business in short order, ahead of a potential IPO, writes David Rothnie.

  • 26 Apr 2018

• Banks get hot under the collars in solutions business re-boot

  Controls have been tightened after the high-profile losses that banks took on margin loans when retail conglomerate Steinhoff ran into trouble late last year. But strategic equity solutions businesses remain central to equity capital markets, writes David Rothnie.

  • 19 Apr 2018

• Jefferies replaces beef with muscle in holding structure revamp

  Jefferies owes its success to industry expertise and an entrepreneurial culture that keeps its bankers at the coalface, writes David Rothnie.

  • 12 Apr 2018

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