BEING A FAMILY-OWNED company offers distinct advantages to Rothschild. "If I was given just two words to describe us, I would say ‘long term’," says Nigel Higgins, global co-head of investment banking, "and that applies both to our people and our clients. We’ve never had a firing round here. You can’t hire people, encourage them to build relationships by giving corporations good advice and then sack them because the client doesn’t do a deal for three years.
"We can invest in the business and in developing...
