Alternative data can tell in near real time the story of economic and financial market disruption now playing out, but asset managers need artificial intelligence to read it.

Dubai raises funding amid perfect storm of Covid-19, economic slowdown and falling oil prices.

Bank scraps share buyback and postpones dividend decision as COO Arana warns lack of fiscal response from the government risks deeper decline.

Just when SSA bankers were getting used to a market supportive of deals again, Germany has surprised them with a change of approach.

From financial support and flexible working to Zoom ‘happy hours’, choirs, online yoga and mindfulness classes, banks around the world are seeking to address employee mental health during the Covid-19 crisis

JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon has had a good start to the Covid-19 crisis, while his Goldman Sachs counterpart David Solomon is faltering.

Green bond issuance slows in market turmoil, while social bonds offer means to finance Covid-19 responses.

Amid calls by the UN and the G20 for the private sector to do more, Citi has proposed a $100 billion coronavirus fund.

Global cash managers are having to move fast and adapt solutions to support clients through the Covid-19 crisis.

Relief for corporates reeling from the coronavirus will be the bank’s top focus for some time, says its global head of transaction banking.

The coronavirus Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the need to build better consumer financial resilience – bank efforts to support personal savings and debt reduction will have a greater impact than writing cheques.

They seemed to be emerging, blinking, into the light of a normal financial system under former president Mauricio Macri, but that moment has gone; the new administration has sent real rates negative, while economic and credit growth look to be years away.

The IFC’s Africa and Middle East head, Sérgio Pimenta, tells Euromoney that a fast response and private-sector support are essential in the battle against Covid-19.

Smaller asset managers and hedge funds that went into the cloud for trading may be better off than big banks that spent billions on proprietary server-based infrastructure.

The head of UnionBank of the Philippines tells Euromoney that Covid-19 will spell the end of cash and boost the prospects of banks that offer customers the best digital banking services.

Loan growth can return to double digits in second half of 2020, says deputy chief executive.

The chief executive of Taiwan lender E.Sun, Joseph Huang, tells Euromoney that banks are responsible for helping not just customers but the whole of society, as Covid-19 pushes countries into lockdown.

As Egypt ramps up measures to contain the coronavirus, CIB chairman Hisham Ezz Al-Arab tells Euromoney how the 2011 revolution has left the bank well prepared to deal with the current crisis.

Dividend futures in Europe indicated weakness well before suspensions of payouts to shareholders began. What explains this apparent predictive ability?

Private equity buyers have never had so much cash to put to work; they are already looking to make new investments in companies that will survive the lockdowns.

The number of cashless transactions is rising as the coronavirus pandemic limits the use of physical cash.

Vladimir Verkhoshinskiy says Covid-19 crisis offers opportunities for leading Russian private-sector banks.

Corporate treasurers are doing everything they can to keep businesses running as smoothly as possible during these challenging times. How do their relationships with bank partners hold up in times of stress?

Previous crises led to consolidated, profitable sector that should be able to weather coming storm.

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UniCredit chief is confident that if banks focus on protecting employees, clients and capital, they can play a crucial role in the economic rescue.

The ADB’s policy chief tells Euromoney the Manila multilateral is ready for the worst, but wonders what world will emerge from Covid-19, as sovereign states balk at funding needs, and commercial banks step back from funding infrastructure.

It is hardly surprising that the terms of the World Bank’s pandemic bond have attracted criticism.

The transition from Libor must be delayed to avoid pressuring coronavirus-damaged markets.