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Investment bank, like the group, wants to diversify outside France, and will lead with its strongest suit, real assets
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Goldman’s investment banking franchise has re-asserted its credentials in what was a tough third quarter for the rest of the firm. The move to refocus on advisory could not have come at a better time. David Rothnie reports.
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Fast-growing investment bank Jefferies faces a challenge to press ahead with its global hiring spree at a time when rivals are cutting costs to combat falling revenues. So far it has been able to mine a rich seam of talent as other firms shed staff, but a boost in international revenues is now needed to keep the strategy on track. David Rothnie reports.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch deserves plaudits for the rebound in its global standing in 2010, but the US bank needs to make sure it has the right scale in Europe. As David Rothnie points out, Goldman Sachs remains the benchmark.
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With Stuart Gulliver moving up to be HSBC’s chief executive, he leaves a hand-crafted global banking and markets division that has enjoyed considerable success during the credit crisis. But with rivals stepping up their efforts and an uplift in M&A and equities expected next year, has he left the right structure behind that can build on that success? David Rothnie reports.
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Anshu Jain seemed to have his succession to Deutsche Bank’s top job signed and sealed. But a new emphasis on retail banking has given Rainer Neske the chance to stake his claim, writes David Rothnie.
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A position as corporate broker to a UK company doesn’t guarantee advisory and ECM mandates but it sure does help. So with more than a dozen of the country’s leading bankers switching employers in the last few months, a shake-up of relationships is on the cards, writes David Rothnie.