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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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Barclays Capital’s ambitious plans in ECM and UK investment banking are bearing fruit. Given the new brokerships the bank has won in the past week and its advisory role on the LSE/TMX merger, further shake-ups among UK brokers look set to be on the way. David Rothnie reports.
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Big investment banks enjoy dismissing the threat posed to their M&A businesses by the raft of advisory boutiques that has sprung up since the global financial crisis. But one that was established during the height of the last takeover boom is taking them on at their own game. David Rothnie reports.
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It will do nothing to appease the banker bashers, but financial institutions are changing their bonus systems. David Rothnie finds out if the changes are making any difference.
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The restructuring of the Spanish banking system has so far been good for league table positions, but not for fees. But flotations of consolidated cajas could be what revenue-starved advisers need, as David Rothnie writes.
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Cash-rich companies have started the year in positive mood, raising hopes of a strong upturn in M&A activity, but banks face a tough job translating that confidence into fees. David Rothnie reports.
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If the optimists are to be believed, then traditional advisory and capital markets business could give a fillip to bank revenues in 2011. But amid the current trend of a renewed focus on relationships, which firms stand ready to reap the benefits of a resurgence of investment banking work? David Rothnie reports.