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Bouncing back
Seesawing share prices and rising bond yields made 2023 a challenging year for equity investors – and the trading desks that service them. For reaffirming its position as a top franchise through expanding in the US and bolstering its institutional footprint, Societe Generale is IFR’s Equity Derivatives House of the Year.
Micro focus
Credit trading desks had a challenging 2023 as government bond prices swung and spreads widened following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March. For growing its single-name credit default swap business while helping clients to navigate these choppy markets, Barclays is IFR’s Credit Derivatives House of the Year.
Global growth
Rising interest rates triggered dramatic swings in financial markets in 2023, causing the collapse of some US regional banks. For increasing its international presence amid these choppy waters, BNP Paribas is IFR’s Interest Rate Derivatives House of the Year.
Liquidity line
Commodity markets may have settled down in 2023 following the tumult of the previous year, but clients’ hedging and financing needs remained as important as ever. For continuing to expand the range of products and clients it covers while providing innovative hedging and financing facilities, Natixis is IFR’s Commodity Derivatives House of the Year.
Former ECM banker and self-described origination junkie Craig Coben looks back on the good times, bemoans the present and manages – just about – to be hopeful about the future.
After nearly 40 years in DCM, Chris Tuffey recalls the highs and lows and examines how things have changed. The thrill of the deal is still there, but perhaps not quite what it was.
Rupak Ghose looks back on a banking career in which it felt like everything changed, but some things remained the same.
PR veteran (and former IFR man) Jezz Farr explains what the awards process looks like for the unfortunate souls trying to line up all the egomaniacs involved (and that’s not just the bankers).
PRC institutions take lion's share of Asian investment banking fees, and are steadily expanding into overseas markets.
