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Europe’s self-proclaimed investment banking champions are playing to their strengths, but remain far behind US peers
After quitting M&A and equity capital markets in Europe and the US last year, HSBC is striving to maintain global relevance — and London and New York still have a role to play
Innovation and ambition have been hallmarks of mergers and acquisitions activity this year, but there are some signs of weakness in private equity
Bank M&A is back on the agenda, but talk of SMBC buying Jefferies is premature. The two firms are prioritising their multi-stranded alliance and a takeover now would jeopardise it
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Firms across Europe are clamouring for crisis funding but while debt advisory bankers have joined the frontline in finding solutions some admit they may struggle to cope with the sheer scale of the challenge, writes David Rothnie. -
The coronavirus will depress mergers and acquisitions activity, hurt advisory revenues and change the emphasis of deal-making in 2020, writes David Rothnie.
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JP Morgan’s latest high-level reshuffle has put a crack team of dealmakers at the top of the firm, and opened room for new leaders to come up. But keeping senior bankers happy can be difficult, writes David Rothnie.
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Sergio Ermotti’s call for improvement in UBS’s investment bank could be undermined by the arrival of his successor as chief executive, writes David Rothnie.
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HSBC’s corporate finance staff have survived its restructuring largely unscathed, but the more ambitious among them will see the bank’s plans as a missed opportunity, writes David Rothnie. And with no answer yet on the identity of the next full-time CEO, the uncertainty is not over.
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Nomura has made sustainability one of the pillars of its fightback in investment banking, as it joins the race to harness the power of sustainability-related M&A and capital markets deals.
