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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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Santander raised €7.5bn of equity capital in a block trade on Thursday January 8, the biggest ever outside the US, to put its core equity tier one ratio up to 10%. The deal was priced at the low end of the discount range and led to a very steep fall in Santander's share price the day after – yet won some admiration from rival banks. -
Bayerische Landesbank and Berenberg, the Hamburg-based private investment bank, have announced an unusual deal to cooperate in corporate finance, designed to help both firms fill gaps in their product armouries, especially around mergers and acquisitions.
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After Barclays overhauled its investment bank last year, it must prove it can deliver its strategy in 2015, writes David Rothnie.
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Standard Chartered has taken a knife to its global equities division as it seeks to cull some of its loss-making businesses. The move is expected to affect around 200 jobs, the majority of which are in Asia.
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Downside trades, such as puts and put spreads, on the iPath S&P 500 VIX short-term futures exchange-traded note (VXX) are expected to increase in popularity as a way to mitigate the risk of volatility spikes in 2015.
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Overall credit default swap notional that was reported to swap data repositories last week increased by 44% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.
