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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
The US bank has emerged from its restructuring to record impressive market share gains following a reboot of its financial sponsor and leveraged finance businesses
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JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley have landed the prime roles on AT&T’s $39bn bid for T-Mobile USA. Their appointments are a testament to the power of a stellar track record — and the importance of personal relationships. But the deal is not just about the big firms, as the presence of boutiques Greenhill and Evercore shows. David Rothnie reports.
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BNP Paribas is a clear winner from the crisis and has a credible strategy in investment banking, but it faces a struggle to attract the best talent from rival firms, writes David Rothnie.
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Another year, another reshuffle. The retirement of a UBS veteran has prompted the bank to have another stab at putting in place a new management team for its investment banking division. As David Rothnie writes, the aim is restore the bank’s former glory in what is a crucial business for the firm.
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The next mergers and acquisitions boom is beginning. And for the first time, it is being played out in the emerging markets, as western companies seek to consolidate their positions in fast-growing economies and strong companies in those markets seek to become a global force. David Rothnie looks at the skills banks need to win business.
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Brady Dougan wants Credit Suisse to be the world’s most admired bank and it won praise last week for its landmark Coco deal as it continued to bolster its reserves. But he knows that, without the balance sheet of firms like JP Morgan or Bank of America Merrill Lynch, it won’t become a premier investment bank by aiming to be the biggest. Its challenge, writes David Rothnie, is to keep up the momentum that it established in the wake of the financial crisis.
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Anshu Jain’s strategy of greater integration of Deutsche Bank’s corporate and investment banking businesses will be crucial to the bank’s aim of hitting its group pre-tax profit target of Eu10bn for 2011. David Rothnie reports.