IFR Magazine - October 27, 2018

DEUTSCHE BANK has

hired former Goldman

Sachs banker David

Costa in London and

Cindy Luo (left) in

Hong Kong as it seeks

to increase its scale

and capabilities in

private placements.

Costa has joined as a

director and will run

Deutsche’s syndicate

EMTN (euro medium-

term note) group from

London. He reports to

Frazer Ross, head of IG

credit syndicate for

EMEA. Luo has joined

from Societe Generale

as an associate for the

private placements

team and will

coordinate local

currency and private

placement work in

Asia-Pacific.

RBC CAPITAL

MARKETS has hired

Ralph Ibendahl and

Meena Samaan for its

European utilities and

renewables team.

Ibendahl joined as a

managing director,

after 13 years at

Barclays, most recently

as head of renewables.

Samaan joined as a

director in the same

team from DC

Advisory, where he

worked in the

infrastructure sector.

He previously worked

at JP Morgan in energy

and utilities in Asia.

Who’s moving where...

UBS CEO SERGIO ERMOTTI, P

Boutique M&A revenue slips, but still

on record pace

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quarter but is still on track for a record
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largest US banks was down 6% in the third
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too, better than last year, but a little bit
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was actually up in the third quarter, but

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revenue, in a relatively subdued market

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“Notwithstanding lower advisory

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grow our market share of advisory fees in

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may have contributed to companies being

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Weinberg said the bank’s clients were still

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Leland takes Goldman reins in Asia

GOLDMAN SACHS veteran banker Todd Leland
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a person with knowledge of the matter said,
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the person, who declined to be named

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smallest of its three regions, rose 9% to

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“You will not hear about a new strategic

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”Notwithstanding lower

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quarter, our backlogs remain

strong, and we remain confident

in our ability to continue to grow

our market share of advisory

fees”