Regional Awards for Excellence 2014: Western Europe

After five years of balkanization of the European banking system, with many national champions abandoning international ambitions, selling out of positions that commanded little share in foreign markets to repatriate capital that domestic regulators have pressured them to conserve close to home, there are hardly any European banks left worthy of the name.

  
Best bank in western Europe Santander
Best investment bank in western Europe Deutsche Bank
Best debt house in western Europe HSBC
Best equity house in western Europe Goldman Sachs
Best M&A house in western Europe Goldman Sachs
Best risk adviser in western Europe HSBC
Best transaction services house in western Europe Deutsche Bank
Best flow house in western Europe BNP Paribas
Country Awards for Excellence 2014: western Europe
Awards for Excellence 2014: Results index

Best bank in western Europe

After five years of balkanization of the European banking system, with many national champions abandoning international ambitions, selling out of positions that commanded little share in foreign markets to repatriate capital that domestic regulators have pressured them to conserve close to home, there are hardly any European banks left worthy of the name.

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