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Deutsche Bank is relying on a tight team of loyalists to revive its corporate finance ambitions, writes David Rothnie. -
The recent bond market sell-off has provided an opportune window for issuers to bring positive yielding deals, boosting demand for SSAs and covered bonds. It’s difficult to imagine this move will prove anything other than temporary, suggesting hesitant issuers should seize the opportunity before it disappears.
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A year on from being appointed chief executive, David Solomon is calling for patience in remodelling Goldman Sachs around new growth avenues. But there is much to admire on his first anniversary, writes David Rothnie.
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The Bank of England should extend Libor beyond its set date of 2021 — or risk financial institutions setting their own rules.
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The European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision to introduce tiered deposit rates means that €800bn of cash held at the central bank will pay a higher interest rate than most covered bonds. This is not bad news for spreads — it just sounds like it is.
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The branding may be on the way out, but there are plenty of reasons to be encouraged about the potential for real progress in the next phase of the Capital Markets Union.
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One of the lessons from the Credit Suisse spy scandal is that there is a dearth of talent capable of leading Europe’s banks through their most challenging period. A succession crisis looms, writes David Rothnie.
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Metro Bank joined Deutsche Bank this week in demonstrating how regulatory debt capital issues drive fears over business sustainability. Will regulators get cold feet and pull back?
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Commerzbank has come through a period of intense scrutiny with a no-nonsense strategy that reflects its culture. A dash of investment banking ambition is thrown in, writes David Rothnie.
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The Bank of England prides itself on its magisterial oversight of the UK's banking sector. But Metro Bank is going to give it some thorny dilemmas in the coming months that will test its silky skills.
