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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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Barclays has its tail up in the Americas, where its corporate finance business is in "better shape than ever" and it's ahead of the European pack. Now it has to square up to the likes of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, writes David Rothnie. -
Deutsche Bank’s rights issue and strategic revamp is well-timed, and ticks all the right boxes. The hard part will be to regain the top-dog status it craves in European corporate finance at a time of low staff morale, writes David Rothnie.
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The bank’s shake-up of its global banking business has already resulted in fresh ideas and big mandates, and now HSBC is looking to conquer M&A, writes David Rothnie.
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The spectre of further regulatory upheaval in the shape of Basel IV is driving the strategic thinking of the long-serving boss of Crédit Agricole’s corporate and investment bank, writes David Rothnie.
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Citi has turned around more than anyone thought possible in the past eight years. It's now one of very few banks with genuine global investment banking ambitions and abilities. But 2017 is critical for the bank to demonstrate it belongs with the best, writes David Rothnie.
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The French bank’s recent changes to its equity capital markets division show it is serious about growing its European ECM business outside France, writes David Rothnie.
