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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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The firm may have failed but there is no shortage of suitors for Lehman Brothers’ investment banking business in Europe and Asia as rivals pick over the carcass.
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The firm may have failed but there is no shortage of suitors for Lehman Brothers’ investment banking business in Europe and Asia as rivals pick over the carcass.
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A year of horror for the owners of investment bank stock is drawing to a close. But for bankers it means that the bonus season is just beginning — and current low valuations could make this year’s vintage far juicier than initial appearances suggest. David Rothnie takes a look at what some investment banks are doing to change pay and bonus schemes.
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The Gulf region is not providing the fees gold rush that investment banks have promised to shareholders and analysts. Instead, the deployment of top Western executives to the region is often little more than window dressing and the banks involved risk losing focus on what remain their primary revenue-generating businesses in the US and Europe, writes David Rothnie.
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After unveiling what appeared to be a niche strategy in emerging markets M&A, Barclays Capital is actually building a global business one cautious step at a time.
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Marcel Rohner’s new strategy for UBS leaves it torn between separation and togetherness, and lays down the law to his investment bankers that they have to produce for the wider group. It’s not going to be easy, says David Rothnie.