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Five months in, Alessandro Melzi is getting started on the plan, but his boss is about to change
The launch of a €35bn exchange offer for Germany’s Commerzbank marks a decisive attempt to break a stalemate that has frustrated Andrea Orcel in his quest to turn UniCredit into a pan-European banking champion
Bank strives for ‘complete global offering’ in M&A and ECM but market conditions hang in the balance
‘New kid on the block’ disrupts established order with lead role on Schroders takeover
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  • Since May 15 1987, when EuroWeek started publishing, the global capital markets have been through several revolutions, but there’s lots in 2017 that would be recognisable to someone working in fixed income in 1987. What, if anything, will the capital markets of 2047 look like?
  • UniCredit reported a profit jump of 40% in the first quarter, up to €907m. But the bank’s investors will have taken most heart from the firm’s 28% cut in its non-performing exposures from last year, reflecting chief executive Jean-Pierre Mustier’s swift start on restructuring the bank.
  • Sam Dean, head of corporate finance for Europe at Barclays, is to retire from the bank and the industry, amid a sweeping reorganisation of Barclays' investment bank as its new head Tim Throsby makes his first major overhaul of management.
  • The raft of promotions in the upper echelons of the Goldman Sachs investment banking department has been called "the most dramatic overhaul in a decade". In a way this is true – Goldman has lost some of its most senior bankers over the last 12 months and last week's reshuffle was an emphatic move to promote the next generation of bankers, writes David Rothnie.
  • Goldman Sachs has appointed two new co-heads of its investment banking division, with Richard Gnodde making way to focus on his role as CEO of the bank’s European operations.
  • France’s investment bankers will be keen to prove their top level political connections following Emmanuel Macron's election as president, writes David Rothnie.