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Indian investment bankers tighten grip over the league table

ICICI Securities, Axis, Kotak among top 5 managers of equity issuances

Sebi allows payments banks to act as investment bankers

Non-scheduled payments banks, which have prior approval from RBI, will be eligible to act as a banker to an issue (BTI), Sebi said in a circular.

Investment bankers get choosy as fundraise season reaches fever pitch

This is to avoid conflict of interest of competing firms

JPMorgan notches record quarter on merger flurry, $3-bn reserve release

JPMorgan released $3 billion in reserves it had previously set aside for bad loans, almost twice as much as analysts had predicted.

ECM fees in H1CY21 jump 25% to hit 10-year high of $126 mn amid IPO boom

IPOs by Indian companies totalled $3.9 billion in the first half of 2021, more than thrice the amount raised from the same period last year

Four companies to raise Rs 8,800 cr cumulatively in busy week for IPOs

Hyderabad-based Dodla Dairy and Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences announced their Rs 520-crore and Rs 2,144-crore IPOs on Friday

BankAm's i-bankers continue to pull off deals for India Inc amid Covid-19

BankAm topped Dealogic's league tables for equities at $2.8 billion in deals (followed by ICICI Securities at $2.4 billion and JP Morgan, or JPM, at $2.4 billion) for FY21

Investment bank Nomura loses 20 bankers in Asia after bonus payout in May

Global banks are battling to keep junior investment bankers in Asia where financial technology firm and investment companies can offer a route to faster promotion and the prospects for higher earnings

Deutsche tells US investment bankers they must be back in office by Sep 6

Deutsche Bank is still working through how much flexibility it will offer employees over the long term, according to a separate memo earlier this week from investment-banking chief

Investment bankers set to take home hefty bonuses on record fundraising

Industry players estimate the average payouts to be in the range of 50-75 per cent of the bankers' annual salaries. For the top performers, the bonuses could be 100-125 per cent

IPO boom prompts ICICI Bank to make hiring push in investment banking

ICICI plans to add five mid-to-senior level hires in each of the two units, which currently have 130 bankers in total.

Deutsche Bank CEO gives up oversight of investment bank in revamp

The move is likely to reassure regulators, who worried that Sewing had too much on his plate, potentially leaving the investment bank open to operational hazards

Investment bankers net decade-high $292 million from ECM activity

M&A advisory fee down 5.1 per cent to a three-year low of $303 million

Investment banking from home thrived in Covid, but some fear losing edge

Some investment bankers fear losing their competitive edge as they pitch digitally for business, amid concerns that younger bankers are falling behind

Sebi bars investment bankers from sharing bidding data with investors

Asks them to direct investors to original source of public info

Covid-19 hits IPO filings, only 11 offer documents filed with Sebi this yr

Market players said the lockdown and social distancing norms had made it difficult for companies, investment bankers and legal firms to do the paper work for IPO filings

Morgan Stanley, BofA lead i-banking in value terms with 50% market share

At the fifth slot is SBI Caps closing three deals worth $2.9 bn, followed by Nomura Holdings with $1.7 bn across two deals, and IDSBI Capital Markets with $1.3 bn involving two deals

In a locked-down world, investment bankers ensuring the show goes on

Billion-dollar deals aplenty for right business

Covid-19 pandemic may eat into bonuses of domestic investment bankers

Increments, on the other hand, are likely be shelved altogether considering the bleak outlook for fundraising in FY21

Investment banking fees up 6% in 2019 over higher fees in debt segment

Debt capital market underwriting fees totalled $201.2 million, up 108.7 per cent from a year ago - the best-ever first three quarters since records began in 2000