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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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Natixis favours alliances over organic growth as it looks to balance prudence with international expansion, writes David Rothnie
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ABN Amro has restructured its corporate and institutional bank following growing cyclical and regulatory pressures that are pushing ABN to keep tightly focused on returns in corporate finance, writes David Rothnie.
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UBS is promising not to change its investment banking strategy ahead of its investor day this month, despite the departure of the man who came up with it. -
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.
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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.
