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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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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.
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Morgan Stanley is planning greater global co-operation in investment banking with its one-time saviour Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, as it seeks to overcome troubles in their joint venture, writes David Rothnie.
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The Russian investment bank is on the look-out for banking talent while its rivals retrench, writes David Rothnie.
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While rivals are expanding into new product areas to beat the downturn, Greenhill is sticking by its advisory-only model and is playing down the departure of one of its European founders, writes David Rothnie.
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For a brief period in 2010, it appeared that UBS’s investment bank was gathering momentum. However, after strong first quarter results, the sovereign debt crisis hit, causing its clients to sit on the sidelines, while the recovery in M&A volumes failed to materialise. David Rothnie reports on a bank that cannot get out of second gear.