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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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For many of Merrill Lynch’s European investment banking team at its London headquarters, the apparent rescue by Bank of America last September has turned out to be nothing more than a stay of execution.
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Dubai was last year’s bolt-hole for investment bankers seeking to avoid the axe. This year, savvy but deal-less dealmakers are rebranding as restructuring experts. The ride will be a bumpy one as big banks run into even bigger conflicts, although there will be no shortage of business to be done, writes David Rothnie.
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If the true quality of leadership can be measured only in times of adversity then there has never been a better time for judging the performance of senior executives. While many will complain that little of what happened after the collapse of Lehman Brothers was in their power to alter, it is undoubtedly true that they did control their destinies leading up to that moment. David Rothnie picks the winners and losers of 2008.
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With 2009 set to be a year for corporate capital raising exercises, UK blue chip firms are understandably anxious to engage corporate brokers with strong balance sheets and stable personnel. The merry-go-round of pitches and beauty parades is accelerating to a dizzying pace, writes David Rothnie.
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Blackstone may have just suffered its first-ever quarterly loss, but its advisory business, run by John Studzinski, is thriving in direct proportion to the financial crisis, says David Rothnie.
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BNP Paribas has been a relative winner over the course of the financial crisis but despite a clever strategy that has helped the bank to win some high profile mandates outside of its domestic power base, it has still not greatly increased its market share in investment banking, writes David Rothnie.