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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 sovereign debt crisis is placing an ever-sharper focus on banks’ relationships with their best clients, writes David Rothnie. For banks and borrowers alike, scratching each other’s backs has never been so essential.
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UBS is starting to look like Dresdner Kleinwort and may soon have a fate to match, writes David Rothnie. Chief executive Ossie Gruebel has lost his job after losing his famed golden touch with the Swiss regulators. Sergio Ermotti, the bank’s interim CEO, has a lot of legacy to deal with.
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The sale of UK mid-cap specialist Evolution Group is just the start in the remodelling of the equities landscape. Plenty of much bigger firms will need to reconsider their expansion plans, writes David Rothnie
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Almost seven years after predicting that the house of Cazenove would crumble under the force of its joint venture partner JP Morgan, rivals are once again predicting its demise. The difference is that this time they might be on to something, as David Rothnie writes.
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Despite scrapping group profit targets and instigating a hiring freeze, Société Générale says its M&A expansion plan is ahead of schedule. But with hungry US banks looking to steal a march on their eurozone rivals, the real challenge will come when dealflow returns, as David Rothnie reports.
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Bankers are fond of referring to M&A as a confidence game, so the recent upsurge in activity against a backdrop of market pessimism is a welcome paradox for an industry struggling with low growth and rising costs. David Rothnie writes.