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People moves in brief: January 21, 2021
Mark Soriano joins Natixis — Deutsche's Frazer Ross is taking a sabbatical — Fidelity hires private credit team
21 Jan 2021 -
Santander pins corporate finance strategy on ESG
Santander reckons it can harness the power of hydrogen to boost its standing in corporate and investment banking, building on its ESG credentials in similar way to how rivals built supremacy during the internet boom, writes David Rothnie.
21 Jan 2021 -
RBC promotes from within as Uden retires
RBC Capital Markets has reorganised its European equity capital markets and corporate broking business following the decision of Darrell Uden to step down at the end of this month.
21 Jan 2021 -
Investment banks report full pipelines after excellent 2020
Top US bankers are optimistic about their investment banking businesses for the start of 2021, after a stellar 2020 during which their clients rushed to financing markets to help them get through the Covid-19 crisis, and government and central banks provided essential support.
21 Jan 2021 -
Jefferies banker joins Baird for consumer coverage
Robert Foster, previously European head of consumer and retail investment banking at Jefferies, has joined financial firm Baird's middle market investment bank.
20 Jan 2021 -
Two ex-Barclays bankers arrive at BTIG
Investment bank BTIG has hired Neil Roberts and Matthew Austin for its institutional equities division in London.
19 Jan 2021 -
Credit Suisse forms new Japan ECM franchise
Credit Suisse has boosted its investment banking operation in Japan by creating a new equity capital markets unit in the country.
19 Jan 2021 -
Afme proposes recapping with equity-like
Many EU companies could do with capital beyond debt, according to the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme). The trade body, in a report it produced alongside PwC, suggests encouraging the use of equity-adjacent products to fill balance sheet gaps from the coronavirus crisis.
19 Jan 2021 -
Bryson hire reveals SMBC Nikko’s ambitions in EMEA capital markets
SMBC Nikko wants to grow its capital markets and advisory business in EMEA, which is smaller than its parent’s heft in the loan market. It has hired Anthony Bryson, a former NatWest Markets and BNP Paribas banker, to lead the push.
18 Jan 2021 -
CS appoints global head of renewables
Credit Suisse has promoted Ted Michaels, its head of North America renewables in New York, to a new global position overseeing investment banking in renewables and sustainable energy technology.
15 Jan 2021