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New equity capital markets talent and Bernstein joint venture have helped Société Générale win eye-catching mandates. Next, it will expand sector teams
Italian investment bank has retained its focus since its takeover by Banca Monte dei Paschi. Now with two suitors for MPS, it is set for more upheaval
Years of underperformance are behind it and the bank has launched a new growth plan
The Italian bank’s head of advisory and financial solutions wants AI to support a new operating model based on being able to work faster than any of its rivals
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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.
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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?