Mergers and acquisitions bankers at Deutsche Bank will be thanking US media group 21st Century Fox and beer company AB InBev for giving them a lift in the advisory league tables.

With just a couple of weeks left in 2016, Deutsche Bank's roles advising Fox on a bid to take control of the UK's Sky and AB InBev on offloading some eastern European beer brands to Japan's Asahi have moved the bank from number 11 in Dealogic's rankings to number 10.