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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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  • The European Securities and Markets Authority will hold a public hearing on new market abuse rules, which threaten to choke the new-issue process with burdensome reporting standards, and restrict syndicates’ ability to sound the market, writes Owen Sanderson
  • The Dutch bank is back on a global footing seven years after the ill-fated RBS takeover stripped it of its corporate finance business, writes David Rothnie.
  • The Singapore based bank announced ambitions to support Chinese and intra-regional trade through new services and expansion of branches.
  • LCH.Clearnet’s global interest rate swap clearing platform, SwapClear, has launched a new blended compression service in response to a growing need for more efficient use of capital and reduced operational risk.
  • Ian Hannam and Neil Passmore’s EM boutique firm Strand Partners has rebranded as Hannam & Partners, folding an existing clutch of businesses together but reaffirming its business strategy.
  • The ECB’s ABS purchase programme could mean a huge stream of new fee income for investment banks with strong securitization divisions in Europe, writes Owen Sanderson