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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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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.
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SG’s coverage and advisory head Thierry Aulagnon has the task of broadening the bank’s business by creating a global M&A franchise. The recent appointments of 13 senior bankers show that he is eschewing big-name stars but it’s not clear that will be enough to expand beyond SG’s heartland, writes David Rothnie.