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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
The US bank has emerged from its restructuring to record impressive market share gains following a reboot of its financial sponsor and leveraged finance businesses
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The upcoming bank results season is the most eagerly awaited since, well, the last one. But this time around, there should be at least some good news to report as equity and investment grade debt issuance accelerates. Even so, many firms are again sharpening their axes, says David Rothnie.
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Credit Suisse is quietly assembling a team of dealmakers in an attempt to reverse years of stagnant investment bank wallet share. It’s got a distinctive strategy — which includes a refusal to hire bankers made redundant elsewhere — but can it finally put UBS in its place?
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It’s crunch time for Barclays in its battle to remain independent. A capital-raising sale of its iShares business could help it through and allow BarCap to complete ambitious expansion plans for its European investment banking operation, writes David Rothnie.
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As Oswald Grübel hammers out the finer details of his survival plan for UBS he must somehow maintain the loyalty that binds together the firm’s investment bankers. It is one of the mysteries of the financial crisis that UBS, vilified in its home market to an even greater degree than RBS is in the UK and AIG in the US, still has a franchise worth fighting for, and that more of its investment bankers haven’t already left the firm.
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The unrest at Bank of America Merrill Lynch has reached the heart of its best and most profitable business — its financial institutions group, part of which is being reshuffled as the merged entity shies away from potential conflicts of interest.
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Unlike its fellow survivors of the credit crisis, HSBC is resisting the temptation to grab new clients and instead is trying to grow its global banking and markets businesses by better serving its existing customers. It’s starting to deliver on its strategy of investment banking without the rainmakers, writes David Rothnie.