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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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Nomura has ambitious plans to boost its advisory and capital markets businesses as part of a full-throated commitment to international investment banking, writes David Rothnie. -
Corporate broking relationships are undergoing their biggest shake-up in a decade as companies reassess banking relationships following the Covid-19 pandemic.
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French banks and foreign rivals are slugging it out in France’s corporate finance boom, where proximity to the government is an advantage, writes David Rothnie.
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Barclays is aiming to bring its continental European corporate finance business in line with its strength in the UK and North America after receiving a resounding vindication of its strategy, writes David Rothnie.
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Santander’s equity capital markets tie-up with Peel Hunt finally provides it with the entry into the UK that it has been seeking while giving the UK broker the firepower to compete with the biggest banks ahead of its planned listing, writes David Rothnie.
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Having proved its strategy is working, Deutsche Bank is now looking ahead to a new phase of expansion in its capital markets and underwriting businesses, writes David Rothnie.
