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Bank strives for ‘complete global offering’ in M&A and ECM but market conditions hang in the balance
‘New kid on the block’ disrupts established order with lead role on Schroders takeover
Investment bank, like the group, wants to diversify outside France, and will lead with its strongest suit, real assets
The Spanish bank is building out its industry and product teams after doubling down in North America
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A lucrative industry-wide fight among mining firms has investment bankers salivating. They are hoping for a shake-up of advisory mandates but Mike Davis and Cynthia Caroll (pictured), the bosses of the putative merger between Xstrata and Anglo American have so far given key positions to existing advisers.
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Banks have started hiring again — leaving their truce over pay and bonuses in tatters. Firms are accusing each other of irresponsibility at odds with the need for them to work together on the pressing issue of reform, writes David Rothnie.
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Business is good, says Morgan Stanley. After a week in which the firm repaid its Tarp money and topped the M&A league tables in Europe, it is now out to win even more mandates, writes David Rothnie.
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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.