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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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  • After a failed experiment with new leadership, HSBC is turning to one of its own to drag its UK business into the investment banking big league, writes David Rothnie.
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch is planning a push up the euro supranational, sovereign and agency league table, a business line many institutions are cutting as they argue that it barely turns a profit.
  • Credit Suisse expects there to be €20bn more high yield bond issuance in Europe this year than it originally planned for, and is expanding its leveraged finance team in response to the market's growth.
  • Citi's Asia debt capital markets team has always taken great pains to stress it is no mere volume shop that favours market share over profitability. But you could be forgiven for thinking the bank has thrown such objections out of the window this year. For the first six months of 2014 Citi has been vying with HSBC for the top spot in the G3 Asia Pacific ex Japan DCM league table.
  • The established order is profiting from a sharp rebound in French M&A volumes. Those playing catch-up may not be so lucky, writes David Rothnie.
  • Singapore's United Overseas Bank (UOB) has become the latest bank to announce a sub-branch in Shanghai's Free Trade Zone (FTZ), with the CEO of the new operation telling GlobalRMB he is hopeful that reform will continue apace.