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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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Ebbing support, and an already shifting management team paved the way for Christian Meissner’s departure, but he leaves an investment banking unit that is in good shape, writes David Rothnie. -
An anonymous letter criticising HSBC’s global banking division exposes its history of underperformance in M&A. But that was never a priority for the bank, which should be more worried about a broader rebuild after the Matthew Westerman era, writes David Rothnie.
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In their different ways, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Nomura and Barclays have come to define the successes and challenges that have shaped banking in the past decade.
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Société Générale is bolstering its corporate finance effort as part of a broader push in its French heartland and beyond, writes David Rothnie.
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BNP Paribas's corporate broking launch is ambitious but in its top-ranked equities business, it already has one of the most important elements for success, writes David Rothnie.
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Mediobanca could look to buy an advisory boutique in its quest to become a pan-European corporate finance house, writes David Rothnie.
