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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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Deutsche Bank has never had higher capital ratios despite escaping the need to make any big calls on shareholders during the credit crisis. But activist hedge fund Algebris wants the bank to regain the strategic initiative with a capital raise — before its strength turns into weakness. David Rothnie reports.
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• Bhattal coup placates ex-Lehman bankers in Asia … • … but Sayeed loss threatens stable European team • Firm braced for departures after FSA bonus sign-off
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The unravelling of Merrill Lynch’s FIG group by Bank of America, even if unintended, was almost complete this week, after the departure of two of its most important bankers in London. The bank wants to strengthen its DCM business in the corporate and government bond sectors but its dominance in FIG now looks fragile, writes David Rothnie.
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Prudential’s audacious $35bn bid for AIA has shaken-up the once cozy world of FIG advisory. David Rothnie assesses the positions of those involved, from Credit Suisse’s elevation to UBS’s odd absence.
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Bharti Airtel’s $10.7bn all-cash bid for the African mobile-phone operations of Kuwait’s Zain, has investment bankers dreaming of the good old days — the promise of big fees on a trophy M&A deal and the opportunity to prove they are lending again in high-growth markets. David Rothnie reports.
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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