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US independent advisory firm is challenging Goldman Sachs at the top of the UK M&A rankings. Is it individual brilliance or luck?
US broker has opened office in Milan, Stockholm will be next
Suspension of managing partners has shaken the bank — and Germany — to the core
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National Bank of Bahrain has made a bid to buy a majority stake in Bahrain Islamic Bank, of which it already owns 29%. The move is the latest in a seemingly endless round of consolidation between Gulf banks, driven by the effort to become more competitive in what many have called an oversaturated banking market. -
UniCredit sold its entire stake in Mediobanca through a €784m block trade on Wednesday night, before announcing its third quarter results on Thursday morning.
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A slump in big deals and a quest for fee growth is pushing the big banks into mid-market M&A to an extent that has not been witnessed before, writes David Rothnie.
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Société Générale reported a slump in overall profit as part of its third quarter results on Wednesday, but was keen to draw attention to a near-50bp improvement in its capital ratios, thanks to restructuring actions.
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BNP Paribas has won its first corporate broking mandates since launching a dedicated UK effort almost a year ago.
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The market for legacy UK and Irish mortgages is large and diverse, but it has one monster buyer, Pimco. The California-based bond investing giant has bought bonds backed by more than £12bn of loans from the UK government’s bad bank in the last two years, almost all of which went into its $75bn Income Fund, writes Owen Sanderson.
