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GC Asia
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People moves in brief
HSBC hires Lahham for MENA corporate finance — Lisanti broadens markets role at Citi — Muscatt joins BMO
13 Feb 2020 -
Banks jostle for position in sustainable M&A revolution
Nomura has made sustainability one of the pillars of its fightback in investment banking, as it joins the race to harness the power of sustainability-related M&A and capital markets deals.
13 Feb 2020 -
HSBC appoints Lahham for advisory and coverage
Nabil Lahham has joined HSBC to head up advisory and corporate finance coverage for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. He was most recently at Perella Weinberg Partners.
13 Feb 2020 -
Thiam quits Credit Suisse on fixed income high
Credit Suisse has reported a strong end to last year for fixed income sales and trading, in chief executive Tidjane Thiam’s last week in the job.
13 Feb 2020 -
Investec makes five hires and continues broking push
Investec has furthered its push in corporate finance with five new hires. It continues to win new UK broking mandates.
13 Feb 2020 -
Sustainability: more stick, less carrot
Sustainable finance players are enthusiastic about regulation, which they expect to bring clarity and order to the market. It may — though when the new EU rules are implemented they are likely to irk participants more than they expect. But what would be really effective are direct actions that bypass finance.
11 Feb 2020 -
Alcentra promotes Glaser to sole head of European direct lending
Peter Glaser will become sole head of European direct lending at Alcentra, as his former co-head Graeme Delaney-Smith is leaving the firm for retirement. Alcentra has also hired two senior people for its origination team.
10 Feb 2020 -
Bayside promotes Scotland for special situations
Andrew Scotland has become co-head of Bayside Capital’s special situations debt activities in Europe.
10 Feb 2020 -
Santander scores solution for costly undrawn revolver exposures
Santander has bought credit protection on two portfolios of undrawn revolving credit facilities, taking advantage of a regulatory decision last year to sharply boost the efficiency of the protection. The deal points the way for banks to cut the costs of providing revolvers, which are usually extended as a ‘loss leader’ for a broader banking relationship.
10 Feb 2020 -
US natural gas exposure hits Natixis
Natixis, one of the investment banks that has gone furthest to prioritise greener financing, had to ramp up its provisions for credit loss from US natural gas producers in the fourth quarter, pointing to “structural transformation” in the sector. But it told GlobalCapital that it still saw opportunity in the industry.
07 Feb 2020
