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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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What will the new crop of boutique investment banks need to do to break the bulge-bracket stranglehold? Star power and capital will sort out the winners and losers, writes David Rothnie.
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Tom Montag, the new head of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s investment bank is expected to name his senior management team at the beginning of September. With the firm’s integration largely complete, and investment bankers already able to call on balance sheet firepower, insiders are excited about the prospects for a fresh start, writes David Rothnie.
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For all the talk of emerging markets and European potential, the US is still the market that matters most in investment banking, argues David Rothnie. That makes BarCap’s Lehman acquisition look smarter than ever.
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An aggressive lending strategy focused on a select group of clients that is designed to maximise capital markets and advisory revenues — it’s page one of the investment banking play-book, 2009 edition. But while many are still trying, BNP Paribas has the wallet-share growth to prove it works, writes David Rothnie.
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An aggressive lending strategy focused on a select group of clients that is designed to maximise capital markets and advisory revenues — it’s page one of the investment banking play-book, 2009 edition. But while many are still trying, BNP Paribas has the wallet-share growth to prove it works, writes David Rothnie. Read this week’s full Southpaw column online now.
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Despite Citi being the biggest victim of the financial crisis, its global and European investment banking business is holding up well, with debt capital markets starring particularly brightly. But as David Rothnie reports, many in the firm are getting fed up with the endless reshuffles and perpetual crisis in the executive suite on Wall Street.