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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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A shift away from turbo-charged equity derivatives businesses and a renewed focus on clients was the message from both BNP Paribas and Société Générale last week, but how will the businesses fare as they move ever further away from their French roots?
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Others might be cutting back in their trading businesses but Deutsche Bank is using its bulk to support a drive in investment banking, both in the US and Europe. David Rothnie takes a look at the firm’s growing financial institutions group franchise.
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Lehman Brothers’ European investment bankers have had more to deal with than most in the last year. But while some are in line for $25m pay-outs from their new employers at Nomura, there is still a big question over the Japanese firm’s commitment to the business, writes David Rothnie
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The 2006 generation of financial sponsor group bankers have been flung to the winds during the last year but as their private equity industry clients face a shake-out, investment banks need to quickly sort out their coverage models, writes David Rothnie.
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John Thain may have made enemies during his short tenure at the top of Merrill Lynch — but not among the firm’s investment bankers. Managing directors at the bank’s European headquarters in London expressed anger this week at Thain’s ousting, and were united in their belief that Ken Lewis knifed Thain in order to save his own credibility.
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As investment banks struggle with the latest phase of the financial crisis many are increasingly seeking solace from the wealthy clients and family offices served by their private banking and asset management operations as a way of generating high-margin, low-cost returns. The strategy has merit, but it requires the sort of long-term commitment that may be beyond the attention span of a typical deal-maker, writes David Rothnie.