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UBS IB benefits from leveraged capital markets, IP sale
UBS's investment bank beat analyst consensus as capital markets revenue was up sharply year-on-year, while a sale of intellectual property rights resulted in a one-off gain, the bank showed in third quarter results on Tuesday.
20 Oct 2020 -
MUFG hires levfin banker to lead capital markets
JP Morgan's Raj Kapadia has joined MUFG as international head of capital markets, as the firm increases its leveraged finance focus. It has also set up a new group to advise clients at the C-suite level on market and macroeconomic developments, led by Tom Joyce, a hire from Deutsche Bank.
16 Oct 2020 -
M&A banker Le Milon jumps to Barclays
Barclays has hired Gauthier Le Milon as head of M&A for France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
14 Oct 2020 -
Putting the 'K' in capital markets
The coronavirus crisis will continue to lead to divergence in economic fortunes, and that will play out in European capital markets as well.
13 Oct 2020 -
Germany nears revamped restructuring rules
Germany is set to implement a total revamp of its corporate restructuring rules from next year, with a draft bill overhauling a court-led regime more than 25 years old and replacing it with rules law firm Kirkland & Ellis called ‘best practice’.
08 Oct 2020 -
NatWest writes to thousands of corporates about Libor shift
NatWest plans to contact around 3,500 of its corporate clients from Thursday to inform them about the end of Libor as a benchmark and what their options and next steps are, as a recent survey showed that the vast majority of companies have not made any tangible efforts towards moving debt facilities to risk-free rates.
07 Oct 2020 -
Bedford Row hires criminologist as ESG lead
Kevin Haines has joined non-bank originator Bedford Row Capital in order to establish ESG processes.
07 Oct 2020 -
Majority of companies haven’t started Libor transition prep
Almost two thirds of companies are still unprepared for the transition away from Libor, as lenders in London say they are in “intensive” discussions with clients about the switch to risk free rates.
06 Oct 2020 -
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Meet the Platform: EU green finance watchdog
The European Union’s formation of its Platform on Sustainable Finance last week marks a new phase in responsible investing. Over the past four years or so, the most influential thinkers in the market, such as the Principles for Responsible Investing, have been quietly moving back to an older interpretation of what RI means: considering the effects of investment choices on others.
05 Oct 2020 -
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Tannenbaum to run EMEA cap markets at BofA
Bank of America has promoted Jeff Tannenbaum, its head of debt capital markets and leveraged finance EMEA, to head of global capital markets for the region.
01 Oct 2020
