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Nomura looks to sustainable investment banking future
Nomura is eyeing acquisitions and a change in chief executive promises a reboot of its investment banking ambitions, writes David Rothnie.
28 May 2020 -
How Credit Suisse’s private credit dream faltered
Credit Suisse’s plan to launch a private credit opportunities fund has been undermined by a spying scandal, the departure of Jim Amine, and Covid-19, writes David Rothnie.
21 May 2020 -
UniCredit switches plan for ‘once in a century event’
UniCredit began the year with a new template for growth but is now simply trying to help support clients through the crisis, while hoping that the deeper relationships being forged will endure, writes David Rothnie.
14 May 2020 -
Citi flashes European credentials in Covid-19 crisis
Citigroup is determined to emerge as a winner from the Covid-19 crisis and conquer the summit of global investment banking, in the face of any pull to concentrate more on home markets, writes David Rothnie.
06 May 2020 -
Deutsche regains Germany crown in time of crisis
Deutsche Bank has regained its number one spot in its home market, but it was its traditional investment banking business that shone rather than investments made as part of the firm’s new Germany-focused strategy, writes David Rothnie.
30 Apr 2020 -
Broking’s challengers look to grasp crisis opportunities
Europe’s banks sniff opportunities amid the crisis as they look to build out their corporate broking businesses, but they will face fights to remove incumbents, writes David Rothnie.
23 Apr 2020 -
Financial sponsor teams must play waiting game
Banks have been building their financial sponsor coverage teams on a record period of deal making. Now they have a different fight on their hands, but bankers are playing down the threat of a 2008-style meltdown, writes David Rothnie.
16 Apr 2020 -
Crisis sparks endgame fears for Europe’s investment banks
'We are all in this together' is not a view Europe’s investment banks will recognise when they compare themselves with their formidable US rivals, writes David Rothnie.
08 Apr 2020 -
HSBC's Quinn’s plan just got tougher to execute
The bank has removed leadership uncertainty but the coronavirus means HSBC’s restructuring will be delayed.
01 Apr 2020 -
Your country needs you, investment bankers
The 2008 financial crisis forged a generation of investment bankers well versed in advising governments — and with many having returned to banking, they are likely to be in demand again. But history suggests banks will not be earning lucrative fees, writes David Rothnie.
26 Mar 2020
