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New equity capital markets talent and Bernstein joint venture have helped Société Générale win eye-catching mandates. Next, it will expand sector teams
Italian investment bank has retained its focus since its takeover by Banca Monte dei Paschi. Now with two suitors for MPS, it is set for more upheaval
Years of underperformance are behind it and the bank has launched a new growth plan
The Italian bank’s head of advisory and financial solutions wants AI to support a new operating model based on being able to work faster than any of its rivals
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Investment banks poured resources into their Middle East businesses in the years leading up to the financial crisis. But despite lavishing clients with their best brains and cheap lending, few had much to show for it. Now that confidence in the region is growing again, David Rothnie asks if it will be different second time around.
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Bank restructuring work for governments has filled the coffers for Europe’s top FIG advisory businesses in 2009. With plenty more to come next year, David Rothnie looks at how the balance of power has shifted.
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Commerzbank may have consigned the Kleinwort name to the dustbin of history following its integration of Dresdner Bank, but corporate finance chief Roman Schmidt argues that its former rival’s investment bankers are crucial to its quest for dominance in Germany, writes David Rothnie.
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Andrea Orcel is trying to recruit up to 10 of Europe’s top dealmakers for Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s ailing mergers and acquisitions business. His track record, and a commitment from investment bank boss Tom Montag to double lending to European clients, give him a chance of luring the bankers he wants, writes David Rothnie.
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Tom King’s departure from Citi has enabled it to promote James Bardrick and Manuel Falco to joint heads of the European business. They are popular choices but the other contenders for the job may now feel their futures lie elsewhere.
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JPMorgan has established itself as the best investment bank in the world following the financial crisis, but its confrontational style of management raises big questions. This dysfunctionality was highlighted last week first when Bill Winters, co-chief executive of the investment bank, was unexpectedly replaced by Jes Staley.