Wells Fargo hiring spree fuels investment banking ambitions [BNN Bloomberg (Canada)]
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The momentum in investment banking comes as Wall Street executives express optimism about the outlook for dealmaking, buoyed by a resilient U.S. economy. It also marks a boon for Wells Fargo, which is pursuing more ambitious goals after being released by regulators from a punitive seven-year cap on its assets in June, after fixing problems from a fake accounts scandal. Wells Fargo, not previously seen as a big-hitter in the deals space, climbed to eighth place in the global mergers and acquisitions league table by volume so far this year, from 17th in 2024, preliminary data from Dealogic showed, the biggest jump for any major bank. It was the first time the lender had placed among the top ten banks in the M&A league tables since Dealogic started gathering the data in 1995. “We've been on a pace now for three years of hiring dozens of managing directors into the banking business annually and we expect that to continue,” Fernando Rivas, Wells Fargo's CEO of corporate and invest
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