Santander wants to play big in US investment banking. Some numbers :
1) No. of material risk takers earnings >€1m more than 2x in three years
2) 110 leveraged loan deals in the US in 2024 vs 21 in 2023
3) IB staff in the US was 900 in 2023, 1,300 this year.
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