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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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  • Hedge funds have been taking profit or closing out long vanilla and exotic options trades on the US dollar against the Japanese yen as spot on the pair has continued its uptrend over recent weeks.
  • UBS has brought its futures business under the fixed income umbrella in New York as it continues the move away from principal-based trading to an agency model.
  • Following the restructuring of the business at the beginning of September, RBS has announced the management team for EMEA investment grade debt capital markets.
  • Concerns are mounting in the derivatives market and beyond that it is all starting to feel a bit like 2007 as market players pile into ever-riskier trades and strategies — in turn devouring greater amounts of precious capital — in a bid to overcome the deleterious effect of an enduring era of low volatility and rates on P&L targets.
  • The Hong Kong based equities brokerage is enjoying improved primary deal flows and access to the primary bond markets under its new owner, Citic Securities. Jonathan Slone, chief executive of CLSA, thinks more opportunities for cooperation exist.
  • Former Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive David Murray has become the industry’s head inquisitor, spearheading a review into financial reform. His views could force the country’s ‘big four’ banks to hold a lot more capital. Ben Power reports.