HSBC Secures Regional HQ Licence for Capital Markets & Advisory in Saudi Arabia

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<div class="section-block section-executivesummary”> Gist HSBC has received a Saudi Ministry of Investment RHQ licence for its Capital Markets & Advisory business, creating HSBC Capital RHQ in Riyadh. The RHQ consolidates regional decision-making in Saudi Arabia, tapping Programme HQ incentives and reducing regulatory fragmentation for HSBC’s Middle East investment bank. Led by Faris AlGhannam and backed …

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Evercore Secures Saudi Arranging License, Opens Riyadh Office Under Mohammed Aldekmary

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Evercore has received an Arranging License from Saudi Arabia’s C...

The Riyadh office will be led by Mohammed Aldekmary as CEO of Saud...

This expansion deepens Evercore’s on-the-ground presence in Saud...

Evercore’s move aligns with Vision 2030 and a broader wave of gl...

Evercore Secures Arranging License & Riyadh Office Amid Saudi’s Vision 2030 Capital Markets Push

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Evercore has received an Arranging License from Saudi Arabia’s C...

The firm’s Saudi operations will be led by Mohammed Ali M. Aldek...

CMA reforms in 2025 expanded the Arranging License to cover activi...

Evercore’s move intensifies competition among global banks expan...

KeyCorp Sides With HoldCo: Chooses Share Buybacks Over M&A But Leaves Governance in Question

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Activist investor HoldCo Asset Management is pressuring KeyCorp to...

CEO Chris Gorman has embraced a moratorium on depository M&A, sign...

HoldCo is also demanding Gorman’s removal and changes to KeyCorp...

Management now targets a long-term RoTCE of 16–19% versus ~12.5%...

HSBC Shifts Investment Banking Focus from West to Gulf & Asia Amid $1.5B Redeployment

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HSBC is winding down its M&A and equity capital markets businesses...

The bank is shifting investment banking resources to Asia and the ...

Through 11 non-core exits, HSBC aims to free up about $1.5 billion...

This pivot targets Gulf economic transformation opportunities but ...

How AI Is Fueling JPMorgan’s Push to Double High-Net-Worth Clients in the Carolinas

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J.P. Morgan Private Bank plans to roughly double its Carolinas cli...

AI tools like “Coach AI” and the firmwide LLM Suite are boosti...

The Carolinas are viewed as a high-growth testbed where JPM can bl...

Success depends on managing AI-related regulatory, privacy, and se...
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