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This year’s expected surge in IPOs and M&A deals should drive a proliferation of strategic equity derivative transactions, with $2bn of fees up for grabs
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
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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.