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Ten months after its unusual regional retreat in equity capital markets and M&A, HSBC has had a good year in debt capital markets, suggesting its new strategy can work
New look corporate finance division has merged M&A and sponsor coverage
Physical infrastructure, once seen as boring and ex-growth, has become one of the hottest areas for capital markets and M&A, and that is set to accelerate in 2026
Hit by an alleged ‘fraud’ at the bankrupt US car parts maker, Wall Street’s last pure play investment bank has its sights set on European leveraged finance as it expands its alliance with SMBC
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After a bruising bonus round, the industry must mobilise to shape its own destiny and fight regulatory intervention, writes David Rothnie
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When Jerry Del Missier started describing Barclays Capital as a "flow monster", it provoked amused irritation over at Deutsche Bank. After all, it was Anshu Jain, the bank’s imperious head of global markets, who coined the phrase. Now it appears BarCap’s plagiarism has extended to the far more serious area of market share. For the first time, Barclays provided a breakdown of its fixed income currencies and commodities division at its annual results presentation last week, and it makes uncomfortable reading for Deutsche. BarCap’s FICC division brought in £12.9bn (Eu15bn), compared with Eu9.7bn for Deutsche.
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UBS’s investment bank is back in the black but chief executive Oswald Gruebel is not yet shouting from the rooftops. Equity capital markets revenues surged — helped by the firm’s integrated approach — while fixed income recovered but the next big test will be how the firm performs as M&A deals rebound, writes David Rothnie.
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Sovereign wealth funds stepped in to save banks in the financial crisis, frequently with no reward. Despite that, they are back in the market, providing crucial backing for all manner of deals, writes David Rothnie.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s star bankers say the firm could be about to renege on pay deals put in place last year to retain staff. The bank appears to have settled on a solution already used by Citi and Royal Bank of Scotland to pay some of its bonuses, writes David Rothnie.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s star bankers say the firm could be about to renege on pay deals put in place last year to retain staff. The bank appears to have settled on a solution already used by Citi and Royal Bank of Scotland to pay some of its bonuses.