HSBC Moves into the Majors

BusinessWeek, Kerry Capell, 6 March 2006A spate of landmark deals is helping the world's third-largest bank emerge as an investment banking powerhouseIt may be the world's third-largest bank, but HSBC Holdings has never made it into the big leagues of investment banking. Until now, that is. In recent months, HSBC's investment banking arm has been at the center of two of Europe's biggest-ever