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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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Credit Suisse and UBS have strengthened their grip in their home market, but with Switzerland leading Europe’s cross-border M&A revival, they face stiff competition from ambitious foreign rivals, writes David Rothnie. -
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.
