Financial Services – Investment Banking Updates

Why Few MBB Consultants Move into Banking: Realities of Career Transitions

Leave a Comment / Career Insights, Career Transitions, Consulting Careers, Financial Services, Investment Banking, Private Equity / By Owen A. Radcliffe

Only about 3% of McKinsey, Bain and BCG leavers go into investment...

Most ex-consultants join large, usually private companies, includi...

Transitions from MBB into banking are concentrated in junior roles...

Both perception gaps about deal experience and concerns over cultu...

U.S. M&A Boom 2025: Big Deals Surge Amid Regulatory & Economic Crosswinds

Leave a Comment / Financial Services, Market Trends, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Risk Management, Technology Investments / By Owen A. Radcliffe

America’s “deal economy” is booming even as the broader real...

Deals above US$100 million are up in both number and value, with a...

Cheap credit, strong corporate balance sheets, narrowing valuation...

Risks stem from weakening consumer and business sentiment, sticky ...

UBS Sees Gulf Boom: Growth in Saudi & UAE Non-Oil Sectors Amid Oil Price Shift

Leave a Comment / Economic Forecasts, Financial Services, Middle East Markets, Oil & Energy, Real Estate & Infrastructure / By Owen A. Radcliffe

UBS sees the Gulf, led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, entering a pha...

The outlook assumes moderately rising Brent prices and disciplined...

Non-oil sectors such as banking, telecoms, IT, tourism, and real e...

Key risks include oil price volatility, fiscal and geopolitical pr...

ABGSC’s Acquisition of FIH Partners: Strategic Gains and Key Risk Factors

Leave a Comment / Corporate Finance, Financial Services, Investment Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions, Nordic Markets / By Owen A. Radcliffe

ABG Sundal Collier is acquiring Danish advisory firm FIH Partners ...

The deal involves DKK 50 million upfront in cash and shares plus u...

The strengthened Danish platform, co-headed by three senior partne...

ABGSC expects the acquisition to enhance its Nordic investment ban...

JPMorgan Bolsters Mid-Cap Investment Banking with Senior Hires to Expand Deal Pipeline

Leave a Comment / Banking Industry, Corporate Finance, Financial Services, Investment Banking, Mid-Market M&A / By Owen A. Radcliffe

JPMorgan is expanding its mid-cap investment banking franchise by ...

The mid-cap team has grown about 40% to 250+ bankers and completed...

The bank aims to grow business services fee revenue to roughly $50...

This push reflects a strategic shift toward steadier, less volatil...