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UK bank hires outsider and simplifies structure just three years after last revamp
Compensation a hotter topic than the weather in investment banking
The bank is reducing its reliance on leveraged finance with big ambitions in M&A and ECM
US independent advisory firm is challenging Goldman Sachs at the top of the UK M&A rankings. Is it individual brilliance or luck?
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When Tom King joined Barclays’ London operation in late 2009, he said the chance to lead the firm’s aggressive build-out of its corporate finance business across Europe, the Middle East and Africa represented a "once in a generation opportunity". Less than five years and a series of promotions later, King, who has risen from head of European corporate finance to be sole head of Barclays' investment bank, is facing a rather different challenge, writes David Rothnie. -
The furore around the Royal Mail IPO is a sideshow to the fact that business at Lazard is booming, and the independent model is stronger than ever, writes David Rothnie.
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The bank is reaching the end of its investment banking rebuild in Europe with a resurgence in its M&A business, writes David Rothnie.
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The expansion phase is over for Russia's VTB Capital and Sberbank, which are replacing breakneck growth with focus on their strengths, writes David Rothnie.
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HSBC has built its corporate finance strategy on its emerging markets credentials, but it has big ambitions in Western Europe, writes David Rothnie.
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The bank is profitable in corporate finance again, but now it needs to bolster its senior ranks, writes David Rothnie.
