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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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  • This November would mark three years since Australia’s Westpac strengthened its foray into India, with the opening of a branch in Mumbai. With an eight year presence in India under its belt, the bank is keen to develop relationships and offer more of its capabilities in trade finance, structured commodity finance and other products.
  • Barclays' investment bank is putting up the numbers for a new chairman who seems more supportive of the strategy than the ousted Antony Jenkins, writes David Rothnie.
  • HSBC’s strength in Asia paid off in the first half of the year, with the equity markets business flying on the back of intense volatility across Asian bourses and the ramp up of Stock Connect. The bank’s restructuring also swung into life, with the sale of its Brazil unit and $50bn of RWAs cut from the investment bank.
  • Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has made its Singapore and Hong Kong bond teams redundant as it continues to carry out a restructuring that will substantially reduce its presence in Asia.
  • Boutique investment bank Oppenheimer & Co has started a European debt capital markets operation, with the hire of two managing directors from KNG Securities.
  • Armed with a strengthened credit rating, Nomura is upgrading in Europe and plans a US expansion, targeting $1bn of international corporate finance revenues by 2018, writes David Rothnie.