The Federal Reserve’s expanded bond buying commitment underscores that the safest hedge at the moment is a security that can be sold to a government.

As the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis mounts, banks are finally being heard on negative rates, but that might not be a good thing.

A double shock of Covid-19 and falling oil prices brings the spectre of recession to the Gulf, while efforts to diversify economies are being derailed.

The recent collapse in the oil price and Nigeria's (lack of) reaction to it echoes the way the country dealt with the crisis in 2015. Repetition of the same mistakes will only cause harm for Africa's largest economy.

There are legitimate criticisms of pandemic bonds, but the lunatic conspiracy theories online amid the coronavirus panic are damaging; the World Bank’s failure to refute them clearly is a mistake.

Recent years have been challenging for market doomsayers, with big equity markets steadily rising and volatility dampened across asset classes. The spread of the coronavirus and understandable fear of its impact has given a boost to professional controversialists.

Freshly empowered European bank chairmen are making perplexing lurches as they search for new chief executives. A random CEO generator might help.

The cryptocurrency has surged in 2020, as investors worry that coronavirus-exposed equity and bond markets are set to crash.

It has taken the climate crisis to bring our collective focus onto the role of financing and the role of banks.

Distressed buyers could face a labour of Hercules in establishing projected recoveries for Greece’s new NPL securitization scheme.

Christine Lagarde’s strategic review should usher in new targets and new tools at the European Central Bank, as the risks to growth rise and negative rates become counter-productive.

XP has been outperforming even its most optimistic analysts’ projections in recent quarters.

As birth rates fall and the UAE government looks at ways to spur population growth, private equity firms see opportunities in IVF.

There were many things declared at Davos this year that would lead us to believe that sustainability is now embedded in every decision a bank or investment manager makes. Here are some great examples that show 2020 is starting on a positive track.

The Federal Reserve’s current balance sheet expansion is handing trading profits to big banks.

The process of financial digitalization has been a challenge for journalists covering Brazil’s banking sector.

The investment banking co-head is proud of his RoE, while the securities team seems subdued about the task ahead.

It may still be months before the latest coronavirus outbreak in China reaches its peak, so timing is everything for capital market practitioners in the region.

Does the state of a smallish provincial lender signal the onset of a full-scale banking crisis in China?

Banks must prove to the increasingly impatient regulators that they have got Libor transition under control, or face costly consequences down the line.

Cryptocurrencies have a specific use-case in countries where local currencies are in crisis, but elsewhere they remain a volatile speculative investment and will struggle to take off as a means of payment.

Calm in the money markets over the new year will not silence growing calls for the Federal Reserve to provide a standing repo facility.

In an era of negative rates, banks are more dependent than ever on their ownership of ancillary products to attach to low-margin mortgages.

There is finally an opportunity to integrate nature within financial decision making in the year ahead. How can we ensure it’s doesn’t become a lost opportunity?

A no-growth decade won’t stop bankers from chasing fees and trading profits. Mystic Maca looks even further ahead.

What can we learn about the post-Royal Commission world of Australian banking from the National Australia Bank AGM?

There is often confusion around the workings of the over-allotment option; there shouldn’t be.

It’s 2020: welcome to the decade of low-cost Brazilian banking.

Could the direct listing format withstand an injection of primary capital-raising? Yes, but not without complications.

The Lebanese authorities said that they met a $1.5 billion bond payment in late November, but with the country rapidly running out of money and in the absence of any clear ability to enact reforms, Euromoney looks at its options.