Corporate & Investment Banking

July 2017 – Banking ecosystems may represent the next frontier of banking innovation and a long-sought growth engine for banking profit pools.

June 2017 – The traditional business of providing equity research to asset managers has been under pressure in recent years. Nonetheless,... equity research still offers an attractive business opportunity for banks and broker-dealers that can adapt to deliver the types of research the buy side values and successfully transform their operating models.

March 2017 – The outlook for capital markets infrastructure firms is bright. To take advantage of the opportunity, providers need to step up... services and tap new revenue streams.

January 2017 – Our annual global banking review finds that a weak global economy, digitization, and regulation threaten the industry’s... near-term profitability.

September 2016 – The industry’s restructuring has failed to help it fully recover from the global financial crisis, but new operating models... can bring about transformational success.

August 2016 – In response to regulatory mandates, banks in the United States and Europe have developed some of the most robust risk management... and stress-testing capabilities in history. The next step is for banks to convert these capabilities into true strategic and business assets.

July 2016 – While true for other financial services, it’s most striking in corporate and investment banking.

June 2016 – In its fundamentals, correspondent banking—that is, one financial firm carrying out transactions on behalf of another—has... actually altered little since it first emerged centuries ago. Today, three forces are leading to change: increasing customer expectations, regulatory demands and the emergence of digital innovators.

April 2016 – The road ahead for German banks is uncertain. A number of significant trends are shaping new traffic patterns, putting pressure... on all banks—even those that weathered the financial crisis and are in good shape today. Banks that do not act to mitigate the impact of these trends will continue to struggle over the next three years.

December 2015 – Blockchains have the potential to dramatically reshape the capital markets industry, with significant impact on business models,... reductions in risk and savings of cost and capital. However, the revolution will not happen overnight.