Awards for Excellence 2013: Best Emerging markets investment bank

The investment bank’s prowess springs from and is fed by its strong commercial banking presence in and between burgeoning emerging markets.

Awards for Excellence 2013

Best Emerging markets investment bank: HSBC

Also shortlisted: Citi, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered

HSBC’s investment banking model is often misunderstood. Its fixed-income, currencies and commodities business is not in the same league, in revenue terms, as such rivals as JPMorgan, Citi or Deutsche Bank; its global equities business lacks scale; and it has never actively coveted a top-tier position in emerging market M&A and ECM across all regions.

In short, HSBC has never sought to build a conventional top-tier global investment bank.

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