BNP Paribas’ head of equities and commodity derivatives for the Americas explains the machinations involved in the firm’s recent purchase of Bank of America’s equity prime brokerage business.

The global head of equity origination at Royal Bank of Scotland explains why despite all the bank’s problems there is still an upside to the controversial ABN AMRO acquisition.

The global head of corporate and investment banking at BNP Paribas says the bank is enduring challenging market conditions with a risk-aware, rather than risk-averse, approach to business.

Having endured the brunt of the subprime crisis, UBS is consolidating departments and concentrating on its strengths. Joint global head of investment banking Rick Leaman talks to Kathryn Tully.

Sir David King is that rare creature who can happily straddle the academic, government and business worlds. In fact, his aim is to encourage them all to move in tandem in dealing with environmental problems. He talks to Geraldine Lambe.

As the credit crunch continues to bite, Rich Herman, global head of institutional clients at Deutsche Bank, tells Geraldine Lambe that banks and clients alike have to morph to fit the new landscape. But the crisis brings with it opportunities as well as challenges.

Commerzbank’s global head of equity derivatives talks to Natasha de Terán about the bank’s expansion plans away from its European strongholds and the secret behind the company’s low staff turnover.

In some cases two heads are better than one, and the managing directors and co-heads of global corporate finance at Deutsche Bank have got global client management down to a fine art using the partnership approach, as Kathryn Tully discovers.

The co-head of global commodities at Credit Suisse talks to Geraldine Lambe about building the bank’s commodities platform in a market that is booming and showing evidence of increasing maturity.

Chuck Winograd, chief executive of RBC Capital Markets; Doug McGregor, RBC’s co-president and head of global investment banking; and Mark Standish, RBC’s co-president and head of global markets, talk to Geraldine Lambe about the company’s need to grow outside of Canada.