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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
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
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  • HSBC’s sweeping reorganisation of its global banking unit, announced on Monday, left its Asia business mostly intact, as those close to the bank say it already runs a tight ship in the region.
  • HSBC has announced the structure of its newly combined global banking division, which merges the old capital financing and banking divisions, following the appointment of Matthew Westerman as new co-head of the combined business. The six product teams in capital financing, and the six sector coverage teams in banking, will be replaced by nine combined groups in the new division.
  • Dave Rome, head of loan capital markets at Royal Bank of Scotland, resigned at the end of last week to join law firm Ashurst. The move follows RBS's reorganisation of its loans business, which limited the banker’s role, said a source at the UK bank.
  • The date for the European Central Bank’s corporate sector purchase programme is now set for June 8 but questions still surround it, not least whether or not it will force fees down.
  • HSBC has begun cutting some of its most senior bankers as part of the restructuring announced in February, when the bank said it would combine its banking and capital financing units.
  • Marco Morelli may be the safe option, but UniCredit could look to the management team of its corporate and investment bank if it wants to address its urgent strategic challenges, writes David Rothnie.