Western Europe

Capital markets

Flint and Bird: Mapping a corporate rebrand at Abrdn

Brazil banks on digital consolidation

Can banks reposition themselves as fintech stocks?

Banking

Societe Generale: LeasePlan deal highlights bid to move on from legacy business

Scotland’s ‘sterlingization’ problem

Private banking

Julius Baer kickstarts wave of wealth management M&A in 2022

BNPP’s Bank of the West sale does not signal European bank consolidation

Capital markets

Liquidnet beefs up effort to digitize primary bond markets

HSBC: Quinn makes progress on redirection under China shadow

Ratings upgrades set Deutsche Bank up for its measurement year

Barclays: Two steps forward, one step back

UniCredit: Orcel lays the ground for a strategic refresh