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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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After a brutal third quarter, the French bank is applying its usual caution to its European development, but has no plans to stop expanding — and is eyeing a foray into corporate broking, writes David Rothnie.
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Cost-cutting has been a big theme of the third quarter results season at investment banks, and Credit Suisse is no exception. But the firm has ambitions beyond efficiency. Although it has announced 1,500 new job cuts, the bank also reckons it can grow in some areas, as David Rothnie writes.
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While UBS admitted that “control deficiencies” were to blame for the bank failing to pick up rogue trading, some banks appear to have forgotten the commitment to better risk management they made in 2008, writes David Rothnie.
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RBS believes it can beat its once-great adversary, Barclays Capital, along with that other UK powerhouse, JP Morgan Cazenove on its home turf. Its role on the G4S deal might just be the start, as David Rothnie reports.
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The eurozone crisis has hammered investment banking revenues in the third quarter. But a recapitalisation plan for the region’s financial institutions — when it finally arrives — could provide a welcome source of fees. David Rothnie writes.
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Morgan Stanley’s CEO James Gorman is keeping his succession options open while the firm navigates choppy waters, writes David Rothnie. Alongside the four candidates from the investment bank, asset management head Greg Fleming is an intriguing fifth option.