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Corporate broking relationships endure for decades and build deep roots between both individuals and institutions, enabling banks to win outsized revenues from clients they serve. No wonder that a new crop of banks are expanding their ambitions
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  • The independent advisory firm has diversified its traditional business to take in debt and equity. But M&A remains at its heart, writes David Rothnie.
  • FIG
    Commerzbank’s slimmed-down investment bank produced a 74% rise in profits in 2012, despite using 16% less capital — a result that may encourage mid-tier banks elsewhere in Europe that are striving to compete in global markets while serving an essentially domestic client base.
  • FIG
    Barclays has created a new integrated financial institutions group in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Richard Boath and Ben Davey will jointly lead a group that combines the FIG part of investment banking, the FIG sector of global finance, and the financial solutions team.
  • Standard Chartered is expected to make a final decision shortly on the management of its global ECM business, following the departure of David Douglas.
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch promoted Sam Losada to the new role of head of international strategic equity solutions, giving him a wider remit for an expanding business. He was head of EMEA.
  • The European head of Canadian investment bank Canaccord Genuity has issued a rallying cry as he looks to pull together the firm’s disparate platforms, writes David Rothnie.