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Ten months after its unusual regional retreat in equity capital markets and M&A, HSBC has had a good year in debt capital markets, suggesting its new strategy can work
New look corporate finance division has merged M&A and sponsor coverage
Physical infrastructure, once seen as boring and ex-growth, has become one of the hottest areas for capital markets and M&A, and that is set to accelerate in 2026
Hit by an alleged ‘fraud’ at the bankrupt US car parts maker, Wall Street’s last pure play investment bank has its sights set on European leveraged finance as it expands its alliance with SMBC
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When ABN Amro’s shareholders voted in favour of the RBS consortium’s takeover bid last October, one adviser to the Dutch bank dubbed it the "AOL Time Warner" of the financial services sector, in reference to the ill-timed $164bn media merger struck at the height of the dotcom boom in 2000.
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The last weeks’ negotiations between the UK banks and their government have thrown up a tangle of conflicts of firms and personnel, allowing the banks involved plenty of opportunity to gripe and grumble that others have had fairer treatment, says David Rothnie.
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When Barclays Capital snatched Lehman Brothers’ US operations it looked favourite to pick up the pieces of the bankrupt businesses in Europe and Asia, too, before being trumped by Nomura. Lehman insiders say that BarCap never considered that Nomura would call their bluff and show the winning hand, writes David Rothnie.
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Only the bond market can prevent a mergers and acquisitions meltdown, writes David Rothnie. But for even that to work, European corporate treasurers need to wake up and adjust to new realities.
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Goldman Sachs this week became the fourth largest bank holding company in the world. What does it mean for the firm’s investment bankers and traders? asks David Rothnie
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Perhaps the only surprise amid the unprecedented upheaval in investment banking this week is that Goldman Sachs has yet to play a starring role as a buyer, or as some analysts drunk on panic are suggesting, a takeover target.