This year BofA Securities, led by Augusto Urmeneta, head of investment banking in Latin America, topped the equity capital markets volume and fee tables across the region, as well as being first in fees and second in terms of volume for M&A.

In February 2020 BofA Securities reorganized its corporate and investment banking teams in Latin America, with Augusto Urmeneta becoming head of corporate and investment banking. At that time Hans Lin, head of Brazil investment banking – a key market for the bank and one in which it has excelled – joined the bank’s global private capital council. Meanwhile Bruno Saraiva was named co-head of Brazil investment banking alongside Lin, who remains in charge of the ECM team.

Some parts of US investment bank earnings in the first quarter of the year looked more like boom than bust as record trading and debt issuance helped offset weakness elsewhere. Now the banks are building reserves to prepare for coming out of lockdown

It's that time of year again, when we round up what senior management said about your business line in their quarterly earnings calls.

While transaction banking is one of the most innovative areas of finance, there is competition from big tech - and gaining market share is tough in a fragmented industry. How can banks stay on top?

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A push into the regional mid-markets, as well as the international subsidiaries of those clients, is a useful driver of market share at a time of uncertainty.

Didn’t have time to go through your investment banking rivals’ results announcements? Don’t worry, we’ve done it for you, business by business.

Australia Best Bank

For the second year running, Bank of America Merrill Lynch wins Euromoney’s award for best bank for corporate responsibility in Asia.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is a longstanding winner of the award for North America’s best bank for small and mediumsized enterprises, and the last 12 months have seen it deservedly retain the crown.

Variety has always been the hallmark of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (BAML) financing strength, and the 12 months under review were no exception. With strong deal volumes across a range of asset classes and deal types, and a presence on some of the banner transactions of the year, the firm wins the award for North America’s best bank for financing.

For the second year running, Euromoney has chosen Bank of America as North America’s best digital bank.

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Euromoney magazine has released the results of its 41st annual foreign exchange survey, the most comprehensive quantitative and qualitative annual study available on the FX markets.

$500 million bond for affordable housing and CDFI loans.

Wealth management was built by men for men, but now that women will become the largest beneficiaries of the $30 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer, the industry needs to overhaul itself. If it doesn’t, it will be letting down more than just its female clients.

HSBC retains the top spot.

UK corporate broking is the business that won’t die. There is no requirement for it outside the smallest listed firms, and corporates the world over manage without it. Yet UK companies almost always want the reassurance it provides. Is it finally under threat?

Rates are only rising because economies are doing so well and there is no need to panic, even if risk assets do sell off, at least according to the sell side.

A strong third quarter from Morgan Stanley was the highlight of a mixed bag of numbers, while Goldman Sachs’ incoming CFO offered more glimpses of the future.

Morgan Stanley looks best in the third quarter, but was just pipped by Goldman over a longer term analysis

Strategic tensions as much as short-term underperformance brought about BAML investment banking head Christian Meissner’s departure, but the corporate and investment bank remains in a strong position

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Fixed income research consumers tell us which research teams have impressed them most over the last 12 months.

Regulatory change, cost pressures, advances in technology and more-demanding customers: treasurers have a lot on their minds, but artificial intelligence (AI) is here to help.

The last instalment of our results analysis looks at banks’ markets businesses