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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 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.
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The US bank’s acquisition of Hoare Govett comes as ambitious firms in corporate broking are fighting for supremacy, writes David Rothnie.
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Western banks face a test of their nerve in Russia following the creation of a new domestic banking behemoth. Their mandates and their staff are under threat, writes David Rothnie.
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Barclays Capital’s goal to be a top three player across all market products may seem ambitious. With the build-out now behind it, the bank believes it can be done. But staff will be under more pressure than ever: there will be no excuses for missing a deal, as David Rothnie writes.
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Goldman Sachs has been quietly investing in its M&A business during one of the more vulnerable periods in its history. The idea is to bring through the firm’s next generation of dealmakers, writes David Rothnie.
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The departure of the top two bankers in Nomura’s wholesale bank effectively ends the Japanese firm’s global bulge bracket aspirations. It also shows that Nomura has abandoned its previous position of seeking to retain the former rump of the Lehman business at all costs. David Rothnie reports.