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‘New kid on the block’ disrupts established order with lead role on Schroders takeover
Investment bank, like the group, wants to diversify outside France, and will lead with its strongest suit, real assets
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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.
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The consumer sector is this January’s M&A hotspot and it is Credit Suisse that is feeling the warmth after picking up an armful of advisory mandates. Its aim is to become a top ranking big-ticket M&A house by making external hires, but it is its long-standing bankers and clients that are in the thick of the action at the moment, writes David Rothnie.
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Private equity firms are uppermost in the minds of investment bankers seeking deal fees as they navigate the first weeks of the year. Apax, CVC, Hellman & Friedman and KKR are some of the firms in aggressive buying mode but the real theme of 2010 will be how PE firms arrange exits, not acquisitions, says David Rothnie.