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‘New kid on the block’ disrupts established order with lead role on Schroders takeover
Investment bank, like the group, wants to diversify outside France, and will lead with its strongest suit, real assets
The Spanish bank is building out its industry and product teams after doubling down in North America
UK house has boosted returns at its investment bank and is bullish on ECM and M&A despite falling below expectations
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Since its arrival 40 years ago, Morgan Stanley has been adopted by the UK investment banking industry as one of its own, writes David Rothnie.
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With the prospect of a partial IPO of the Credit Suisse domestic unit receding, a pillar of its CEO Tidjane Thiam’s strategy for turning the bank around has been thrown into doubt and raised more uncertainty about the bank's future, writes David Rothnie.
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Buying Panmure Gordon may not be the Bob Diamond comeback that everyone was clamouring for, but it could mark the first step in the formation of a non-bank financial player in the mould of Cantor Fitzgerald, writes David Rothnie.
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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.
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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.