Barclays Capital has broken into the top ten of UK corporate brokers to companies in the FTSE 100 for the first time, overtaking Japanese bank Nomura after trebling the number of blue chip clients on its roster in just three months.

Bar Cap's selection earlier this month as corporate broker to International Consolidated Airlines Group, the newly formed group comprising British Airways and Spain's Iberia, marked its fourth FTSE 100 client win in the past quarter.