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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
The US bank has emerged from its restructuring to record impressive market share gains following a reboot of its financial sponsor and leveraged finance businesses
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Regulatory and political opposition to the City may be detracting from London’s appeal as a global financial centre, but the UK as a source of investment banking fees is as important as ever. And as David Rothnie writes, competition for talent is getting fiercer.
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Deutsche Bank’s management reshuffle could pave the way for the bank to secure a number of goals that have proved difficult to achieve. Becoming a true global M&A leader is one; cracking the Americas is another. As David Rothnie writes, the investment bank’s new heads are well placed to lead the charge.
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HSBC is overhauling its investment banking operations and demanding more from its bankers, writes David Rothnie. The bank has been here before, of course, but this time it is taking a different approach to its more traditional rivals — and it seems to be paying off.
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BNP Paribas has called in McKinsey to conduct a peer benchmarking exercise at a crucial point in the execution of its CIB strategy. As David Rothnie writes, the target remains to be top five in European investment banking.
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Kepler says its alliance with UniCredit is reaping rewards as it plots an expansion of its corporate finance business in the mould of Lazard. As David Rothnie writes, its ambitions stretch far beyond equities.
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The absence of Credit Suisse from two marquee trades raises questions in some minds about the firm’s progress in investment banking. But as David Rothnie writes, the bank has transformed its business in recent years — and is well placed to continue its push.