Investment banking

Maybe the pyramid structure of investment banks will start to look more like a diamond

Second-largest Japanese bank keen on overseas expansion and taking advantage of increased deals activity

Adding some steel to the golden fetters

Government will be allowed to make some changes by executive ordinance rather than parliamentary process

Japanese group ready to take on American rivals in US market after completing integration of Greenhill

JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank among lenders competing for country’s businesses

Wall Street bank to draw on asset manager’s expertise to oversee $80bn in client assets

Wall Street bank has hired about 100 managing directors from competitors including Goldman and Citi

Jefferies’ shift has good intentions, but it takes more than tweaking pay to turn residents of a shark tank into a well-functioning school

Hiring star bankers and letting them bring their own posse has had mixed results

Bankers hired from Credit Suisse help Spanish lender become sole bookrunner on series of blank cheque deals

New-York based bank puts focus on teaming up as it tries to net bigger corporate deals

Vis Raghavan, who joined Citigroup as head of banking last June, has tapped former colleagues for senior roles

As London’s IPO market stalls, investment banks are broadening their horizons

Bank had set internal goal of reducing headcount to 85,000 from peak of 119,000

Christian Sewing oversaw audit into transactions restated following Monte dei Paschi controversy

Volatile markets boost Swiss bank’s markets division but dealmaking remains soft

Evercore is paying twice, in effect, in part of its effort to conquer European M&A 

US investment bank acquires firm where former chancellor George Osborne is among five-strong partnership

British bank is midway through revamp that aims to deliver £10bn to shareholders by end of next year