We've all been hearing about the downsizing of the IB arm at the combined UBS-CS entity, but what about the areas that UBS would likely strengthen? Possibility to increase strength in Advisory and Capital Markets particularly in US?
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I believe that the US advisory and capital markets will experience the smallest reductions compared to other franchises because these divisions do align with UBS's capital-light model. UBS has clearly outlined that it is not acquiring CS's IB to completely wind it down. for example, although the current market is struggling and capital markets revenues have decreased, the ECM division has consistently been a successful franchise at CS, so it would be wise to keep it for the long-run
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I really think you guys are underestimating the mismatch of risk tolerances between the two. I think UBS is going to considerably inhibit the type of transactions that CS has done so well for so long. Less LBO work means less sponsor work, less sponsor work at your firm means they’ve taken their business elsewhere, less M&A for the firm, less underwriting etc.
Don’t underestimate how many M&A mandates are awarded from financing, especially when your firm is willing to underwrite risk the way sponsors need them to.
I imagine this is on the M&A side, what do you think about the capital markets side
Won’t underwrite the risk that CS would —> Less M&A mandates. CS’ bread and butter was LBOs
Yes the logical reduction will be on the leveraged finance / financial sponsor side. Hearing a lot of the seniors there are looking to jump ship. Its interesting that UBS keeps hyping the TMT team at CS...the remaining TMT seniors are meh after all the good seniors left last year
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