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This year’s expected surge in IPOs and M&A deals should drive a proliferation of strategic equity derivative transactions, with $2bn of fees up for grabs
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
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A banner year for European M&A skewed by a handful of jumbo deals has raised concerns about how much further the cycle has to run. But bankers’ deal pipelines are holding up, and the outlook is strong for 2019, writes David Rothnie.
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The latest independent firm to eye a public listing is doing so after another bumper year for the corporate finance boutiques. But does it mark the peak of the cycle both for deals and the migration of top talent out of the bulge brackets? David Rothnie reports.
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Perella Weinberg Partners is the latest independent firm to eye a public listing, doing so after another bumper year for corporate finance boutiques. But does it mark the peak of the cycle for deals and the migration of top talent out of the bulge brackets? David Rothnie writes.
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High hopes for a bumper corporate finance year in Saudi Arabia have been dashed by the pulled Aramco IPO, the blockade of Qatar and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, writes David Rothnie. -
As the year draws to a close, Deutsche Bank’s corporate finance division has completed its layoffs, and its new management team is looking to grow revenues, but the business remains a work in progress, writes David Rothnie.
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Goldman’s new management team is combining a root and branch review of its operations with a move into traditional commercial banking, writes David Rothnie.
