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New equity capital markets talent and Bernstein joint venture have helped Société Générale win eye-catching mandates. Next, it will expand sector teams
Italian investment bank has retained its focus since its takeover by Banca Monte dei Paschi. Now with two suitors for MPS, it is set for more upheaval
Years of underperformance are behind it and the bank has launched a new growth plan
The Italian bank’s head of advisory and financial solutions wants AI to support a new operating model based on being able to work faster than any of its rivals
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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.
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A lot can change in three years. Just ask Bob Diamond and Fred Goodwin, rival suitors in October 2007 for ABN Amro’s hand. While Diamond lost out on ABN, Goodwin lost his job within the year. RBS has floundered ever since while Barclays, and Diamond, have never looked back. But, as David Rothnie reports, there are signs that the ABN merger might finally be beginning to pay for itself.
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M&A is coming back. But not until 2011. That means banks have four months to get their houses in order and the best people on board — or indeed to stay — to cash in properly. By paying mid-year bonuses to its best bankers, Credit Suisse is one step ahead. David Rothnie reports.
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BHP Billiton is back in the takeover market. But only BNP Paribas remains from its advisers on its last big deal. David Rothnie examines the banking musical chairs being played out behind the biggest M&A deal since the financial crisis.
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Rivals that have been predicting the demise of Goldman Sachs’ investment banking business following the firm’s record $500m fine from the Securities and Exchange Commission will be disappointed to note the firm’s recent capture of two big mandates. Goldman is alive and kicking, writes David Rothnie — but it still needs to answer tough questions about where it goes from here.
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Nomura’s aim of a top-five slot in investment banking looks like a distant dream as the Asian bank’s profits fell 80% in the first quarter and it reported its biggest pre-tax loss for overseas businesses in five quarters, writes David Rothnie.