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This year’s expected surge in IPOs and M&A deals should drive a proliferation of strategic equity derivative transactions, with $2bn of fees up for grabs
Bankers predict megadeals, plentiful debt and IPOs. The dealmaking resurgence even has a political slogan: European unity
France’s investment banking market recovered strongly in 2025 but that doesn’t mean domestic banks are happy. The market is super-competitive and US firms are winning many of the best mandates
The US bank has won more market share in European IB than its rivals after overhauling its leadership and doubling down in the region’s biggest markets
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The decision by BHP Billiton to sever its broking ties with Barclays challenges its global status, writes David Rothnie.
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Citigroup’s former joint heads of investment banking in EMEA have put the bank back on course in the last four years, but both face big challenges in their new jobs, writes David Rothnie
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The investment bank was the most profitable part of the UBS empire in 2013, scotching suggestions about a possible spin-off, writes David Rothnie
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The prospect of an IPO of one of the vibrant new forces in M&A advisory is further evidence of the return of big-ticket business, writes David Rothnie.
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As storm clouds gather around Standard Chartered, the bank is in danger of stagnating in corporate finance, says David Rothnie.
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For a bank that has spent much of its recent history being kicked by rivals, the Japanese firm enters 2014 in calmer waters, writes David Rothnie.