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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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  • Bond market luminaries from Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, KfW and Legal & General met on a panel at ICMA’s AGM event in Berlin to discuss whether debt capital markets, against a backdrop of tougher regulation, squeezed margins and skinny inventories, were really fit for purpose.
  • The senior advisory model that has long been a fixture in the US is now gaining traction in Europe, writes David Rothnie.
  • HSBC has confirmed the new co-heads replacing Russell Julius as head of banking for Asia Pacific after last week’s news that he is moving to a new role in Europe. The bank has recruited internally for the positions, promoting staff from its Hong Kong and London offices.
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch has appointed Tim Waddell as vice-chairman of corporate and investment banking for EMEA, as it affirms the importance of international advisory business in its investment bank.
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Christian Meissner, CEO of the investment bank, said that BAML would carry on shifting its investment banking business away from DCM to more ECM and M&A, and emphasise international business.
  • Hong Kong's Rugby Sevens is a big deal for HSBC, but this year's tournament held some extra interest for the bank's global senior management. Russell Julius, head of Asia-Pacific banking, had taken the opportunity of them being in town to discuss a return to Europe to help replicate a formula that has worked well in Asia — converting the bank's top commercial banking clients into users of its investment banking and capital markets platform.