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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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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.
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As RBS takes the knife to its global banking and markets division, buying the equities platform would be an ideal way for one of the emerging forces in global investment banking to enter this business, writes David Rothnie. The problem is there are few candidates willing or able to take it on.
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Despite investment banks cutting staff after a miserable year and little promise of much in the way of excitement for the industry in 2012, Jefferies has bucked the trend by continuing to expand its international business. David Rothnie writes.