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Large US banks are expected to turn their attention to the euro market next week, having raised $21.75bn of debt in their home currency after reporting their latest results. -
As Western companies operating in Hong Kong await the details of a warning from the US State Department about the risks of doing business in the special administrative region, analysts say the growing rift between China and the US is putting HSBC in an especially uncomfortable position.
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Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has formed an alliance with Jefferies and is providing the US investment bank with capital to pursue its ambitions in leveraged finance.
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Royalty Pharma was the lone corporate issuer in the US dollar bond market this week, as earnings blackouts snuffed out supply.
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US banks added to their massive dollar funding spree this week, as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America took home a combined $22bn after reporting strong second quarter earnings.
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China’s move to tighten its grip on overseas IPOs of technology companies could be a boon to a handful of other markets in Asia.
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US investment banks enjoyed a boost in earnings from their M&A bankers in the past quarter as a flurry of deal making made up for a return to more normal levels of debt issuance and trading.
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Goldman Sachs celebrated its second highest ever firm-wide quarterly net revenues, net earnings and earnings per share on Tuesday. It set the as-yet unbeaten net revenue record in the first quarter of the year.
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Barclays has hired a senior trader from JP Morgan in New York to replace Naseer Al-Khudairi as head of electronic trading and digital strategy for its markets division.
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Activity in the recruitment market for sustainable capital markets experts has ticked up this year, as banks looking to staff up in this area see a small but growing talent pool to tap. A recent hire by Santander in London is a good example.
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It was a question of unfinished business for Nomura this week, as the Japanese firm came to the dollar market with a rebooted $3.25bn three part dollar trade.
