Rebuilding investment banking: the work that has to be done

January 13, 2010 12:00 AM

Toby Fildes met with some of the leading figures in global capital markets in December and asked them about their hopes and fears for markets and products in 2010 and for their views on regulation, tax, pay and what their industry needs to do to regain the the trust of politicians and the public. Participants in the discussion are Alex Wilmot-Sitwell, co-chief executive of UBS Investment Bank, Tom Montag, president of global banking and markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Alain Papiasse, global head of corporate and investment banking at BNP Paribas.

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