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‘New kid on the block’ disrupts established order with lead role on Schroders takeover
Investment bank, like the group, wants to diversify outside France, and will lead with its strongest suit, real assets
The Spanish bank is building out its industry and product teams after doubling down in North America
UK house has boosted returns at its investment bank and is bullish on ECM and M&A despite falling below expectations
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With the value of withdrawn deals hitting a three-year high, it’s time for M&A bankers to start delivering some home truths to their clients. David Rothnie writes.
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With the integration of Lehman Brothers to worry about, Nomura was not able to reap the rewards of the post sub-prime crisis trading boom. But with conditions now looking worse than ever, the Japanese bank may have to sacrifice its pure-play model if it is to succeed in investment banking, writes David Rothnie.
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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.