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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
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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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M&A dealmakers in Europe are staring at empty pipelines, bereft of the balance sheet firepower needed to finance acquisitions. Gun-shy companies are anyway in no mood to resume big-ticket dealmaking. The combination means an impasse for new deals, writes David Rothnie, and while the bond markets are helping out, they are no substitute for the traditional model of banks providing syndicated loans to clients to finance acquisitions.
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As France’s biggest banks look to beef up their overseas businesses they must not take their eye off the ball in their home market, where foreign banks are aggressively recruiting senior bankers, writes David Rothnie.
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Big lenders, throwing their weight around. The old guard, valiantly holding position. And new entrants, splashing cash on high-profile hires. Equity capital markets mandates are becoming increasingly hard-fought affairs, writes David Rothnie.
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When is an M&A recovery not a recovery? When it’s a restructuring boom, writes David Rothnie. Some banks, though, are in no position to capitalise.
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UBS’s new co-heads of its investment bank have little to offer their morale-battered staff beyond yet another plea for trust and loyalty. But that might, just, be enough, writes David Rothnie.
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Is there the recruitment equivalent of a bubble forming in the world of boutique investment banking? Many rainmakers are opting for independence but few will be successful, writes David Rothnie.