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Bank M&A is back on the agenda, but talk of SMBC buying Jefferies is premature. The two firms are prioritising their multi-stranded alliance and a takeover now would jeopardise it
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
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The decision by BHP Billiton to sever its broking ties with Barclays challenges its global status, writes David Rothnie.
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Barclays’ chief executive Antony Jenkins may have gone to bed happy on Monday night after the bank’s share price rose on his pre-announcement, a day early, of two headline numbers from its annual report. He was not smiling by Tuesday lunchtime.
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Citigroup’s former joint heads of investment banking in EMEA have put the bank back on course in the last four years, but both face big challenges in their new jobs, writes David Rothnie
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The major rating agencies cite concerns over the asset quality of public sector banks in particular, for their continued negative outlook on the industry.
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The Australian bank has received a derivatives licence from the China Banking Regulatory Commission, and intends to supplement this with a bond licence.
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The boost to Japanese bank profits from Abenomics shows no sign of slowing, with the four largest lenders reporting large rises in profit for the nine months ending December 31, 2013.