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Europe’s self-proclaimed investment banking champions are playing to their strengths, but remain far behind US peers
After quitting M&A and equity capital markets in Europe and the US last year, HSBC is striving to maintain global relevance — and London and New York still have a role to play
Deal raises questions about whether transaction was done at arm's length
Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds
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Senior figures within Deutsche Bank expected management change, but not so slowly — many thought co-CEOs Anshu Jain and Jürgen Fitschen might have gone before Strategy 2020 had been hammered out. -
Deutsche’s incoming CEO has the credentials to execute the bank’s strategic plan, but rivals will look to exploit instability at the investment bank.
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HSBC will be hoping that Asia is not about to suffer any extended financial stress as it is basing its growth strategy on the region for the next three years. But its plan to reallocate a large chunk of risk weighted assets (RWA) to Asia from poor performing areas raises questions over whether the opportunity in the region is big enough to support the investment, write Lorraine Cushnie and Mark Baker.
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MSCI will include A-shares in its indices as soon as Chines regulators address outstanding market access concerns, most pressingly quota allocations, the index provider said this week.
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The Bank of England’s Fair and Effective Markets Review has rejected arguments that issuers ought to standardise bond terms. But it did say that, at a minimum, market participants must become better at disclosing allocations.
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HSBC announced a new plan to cut assets in its Global Banking and Markets unit on Tuesday morning, following most other universal banks in promising to shrink long-dated rates, restrict its client list to the most profitable and distribute risk rather than holding it.
