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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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Others might be cutting back in their trading businesses but Deutsche Bank is using its bulk to support a drive in investment banking, both in the US and Europe. David Rothnie takes a look at the firm’s growing financial institutions group franchise.
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Lehman Brothers’ European investment bankers have had more to deal with than most in the last year. But while some are in line for $25m pay-outs from their new employers at Nomura, there is still a big question over the Japanese firm’s commitment to the business, writes David Rothnie
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The 2006 generation of financial sponsor group bankers have been flung to the winds during the last year but as their private equity industry clients face a shake-out, investment banks need to quickly sort out their coverage models, writes David Rothnie.
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John Thain may have made enemies during his short tenure at the top of Merrill Lynch — but not among the firm’s investment bankers. Managing directors at the bank’s European headquarters in London expressed anger this week at Thain’s ousting, and were united in their belief that Ken Lewis knifed Thain in order to save his own credibility.
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As investment banks struggle with the latest phase of the financial crisis many are increasingly seeking solace from the wealthy clients and family offices served by their private banking and asset management operations as a way of generating high-margin, low-cost returns. The strategy has merit, but it requires the sort of long-term commitment that may be beyond the attention span of a typical deal-maker, writes David Rothnie.
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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.