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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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  • Banks are set for another tough year of fines and litigation charges, according to analysts who have revised previous estimates of the scale of the damage.
  • The US Congress is scheduled to consider a proposal included in the government funding bill which would allow banks to keep swaps trading units, rescinding a provision in Dodd-Frank that forces banks to spin off certain derivatives trading activities into another legal entity.
  • Nick Hutt has been appointed as CEO of VTB Capital plc, VTB Capital’s international operations. Hutt, who is based in London, had been interim CEO of VTB Capital plc since July 2014 and before that had been working as its CFO. He replaces Atanas Bostandjiev, who left to pursue other business opportunities.
  • Investors have been taking profit on FX options trades that were entered into ahead of the OPEC meeting that took place on November 27.
  • Despite some bankers insisting that the raised fixed cost of staff must have played a part in forcing banks to slash Russia business this year, recruitment professionals told GlobalCapital this week that capital and liquidity costs have been more of a driver than the EU’s bonus cap.
  • The top-ranked M&A boutique of 2014 is aiming to replicate its US success in Europe, writes David Rothnie.