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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 slew of major global banks have agreed to sign a protocol by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association that imposes a stay on cross-default and major termination rights within standard ISDA derivatives contracts if a counterparty defaults.
  • Buoyed by progress in US corporate finance where it has become a top ten player for the first time, RBC is building its European business as well, writes David Rothnie
  • Market participants have been trading very short-dated options on the euro against the dollar in a bid to hedge other cash positions that they still have on the currency pair.
  • National Bank of Abu Dhabi will underscore its commitment to its wholesale banking business by splitting the UK part of its operations from its private banking arm and moving as many as 100 staff to Canary Wharf.
  • Jez Walsh has left Royal Bank of Scotland where he had been in charge of covered bond syndication for 15 years. His departure follows a string of high profile exits from the bank’s covered bond team including Allen Rad, Christoph Anhamm, Sophie Kwon, Frank Will and Jason Wolfe.
  • Trading volume driven by volatility during September could mean a decent third quarter for trading focused investment banks. Meanwhile, the primary markets saw the best September on record for IPOs, and although the high yield machine has spluttered a little against a shakier backdrop, bank capital continues to deliver the goods for DCM teams.