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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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  • Post-crisis pressure on Western banks and faltering domestic returns are pushing Japanese banks to be increasingly aggressive overseas. Buying up swathes of assets and an energetic hiring spree have helped put Japan's biggest lenders in a position that they have not enjoyed for years, as Peter McGill reports.
  • Rupert Hume-Kendall, one of the dominant equity capital markets bankers in Europe during the years 2000 to 2008, is to retire from Bank of America Merrill Lynch at the end of September.
  • BNP Paribas has made the next move in its merger of its high yield and leveraged finance operations, moving three people into new positions under Charlotte Conlan.
  • A slump in ECM volumes across southeast Asia has forced investment banks to trim headcounts in the region, but for some small is beautiful. The pullback is creating opportunities for boutique investment banks like Religare Capital Markets, looking to tap pockets of strength in a region that still has a robust need for issuance, writes John Loh.
  • Goldman has spent the last three years building out its debt platform in Europe, but it has kept its eye firmly on the ball in M&A and is pulling away from the pack once more, writes David Rothnie.
  • Nomura has announced the appointments of three senior managers in its global markets division, with EMEA markets head Gary Cottle stepping down.