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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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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.
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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.