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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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The era of high valuations and low leverage means private equity firms are losing out to corporates in M&A, forcing them to overhaul their business models and look at consolidation, writes David Rothnie -
With the restructuring behind it, UBS is in calm waters while many of its rivals are still deciding whether to sink or swim in investment banking.
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Nearly seven years on from the onset of the financial crisis and banks still have €2tr of unwanted assets on their books. Professional services firms, not investment banks, are in the thick of the advisory action, writes David Rothnie.
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Barclays' investment bank is putting up the numbers for a new chairman who seems more supportive of the strategy than the ousted Antony Jenkins, writes David Rothnie.
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Credit Suisse’s new CEO has signalled a commitment to the bank's corporate finance business. But he will need to invest in it, writes David Rothnie.
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Armed with a strengthened credit rating, Nomura is upgrading in Europe and plans a US expansion, targeting $1bn of international corporate finance revenues by 2018, writes David Rothnie.
