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New equity capital markets talent and Bernstein joint venture have helped Société Générale win eye-catching mandates. Next, it will expand sector teams
Italian investment bank has retained its focus since its takeover by Banca Monte dei Paschi. Now with two suitors for MPS, it is set for more upheaval
Years of underperformance are behind it and the bank has launched a new growth plan
The Italian bank’s head of advisory and financial solutions wants AI to support a new operating model based on being able to work faster than any of its rivals
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Russia’s independent emerging markets investment bank is scaling down some of its loftier global ambitions but insists it is still committed to its core markets, writes David Rothnie.
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JP Morgan, the bank that breezed through the credit crunch, is finding the European sovereign crisis much tougher to navigate, as David Rothnie writes.
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Not many banks can boast of a profitable time in Greece, but Lazard is one. Having been handsomely paid for its highly sensitive government advisory mandate, it has become the go-to firm for other troubled administrations. That’s just as well, considering the poor health of the M&A market, as David Rothnie writes.
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With all banks taking a fresh look at headcount in their advisory businesses and dealflow patchy at best, the industry is losing expertise as more senior bankers opt to join the corporate sector, writes David Rothnie.
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Rumours of the death of Nomura’s investment banking franchise have been exaggerated, writes David Rothnie. High profile M&A mandate wins this year prove it is very much alive and kicking.
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It is hard to compare Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual to many other rivals. In some ways, the newly-floated firm is a throwback to a pre-Volcker world. But as David Rothnie writes, in others it is a standard-bearer for a new approach.