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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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A resurgent Spanish corporate finance market is putting the expansion plans of Spain’s national champions to the test, at home and abroad, writes David Rothnie. -
Since Yann Gérardin took over as boss of the investment bank at BNP Paribas, the bank has been all about combinations. Strip out the corporate speak, and the big changes are a merger of equities and fixed income in the markets division, and a merger of loans and bonds in primary markets. GlobalCapital caught up with Renaud-Franck Falce, who runs the combined corporate debt team, to find out how the new approach is working.
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The era of high valuations and low leverage means private equity firms are losing out to corporates in M&A, forcing them to overhaul their business models and look at consolidation, writes David Rothnie
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Nomura has put Benedict Nielsen and Simon Deeny at risk of redundancy, as part of the extensive global markets headcount review it started two weeks ago.
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DBS is just three years younger than Singapore, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The bank's steady rise has mirrored that of the city-state, but chief executive Piyush Gupta is hoping it is now positioned to seize the opportunities of a fast-growing region better than its competitors. Mark Baker reports.
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Philippine bank supervisors, like their counterparts elsewhere, face a complex and often thankless task. But unlike regulators in many other countries, they also face the risk of being taken to court and suspended from their jobs if banks decide to bite back. The problem is a longstanding one, but it is finally starting to be addressed, as Matthew Thomas reports.
