No other bank explains its tech performance better than DBS

FAB can become more than the sum of its parts, but there's a lot of work to do

In the most difficult circumstances, QNB's international strategy has paid dividends

Colombia will elect a new president in the first half of next year and, if the urgency to address the country’s financial position wasn’t already clear enough, the country’s December downgrade by Standard & Poor’s to one notch above junk throws the need for fiscal reform into sharp relief.

The region’s political highlight of 2017 went well.

GDP growth expected to drive acceleration in credit demand; Santander Chile’s CFO expects BBVA to sell to Scotia.

Analysts’ confidence that there is untapped demand from Chinese banks to trade offshore RMB is good news for R5, which last week announced a joint venture with Shanghai Clearing House designed to connect these institutions to the London FX market.

Lack of regional liquidity cited as reason for NY IPO listings; strong pipeline in Brazil being dominated by more traditional companies.

What’s holding up a key appointment for the Ukrainian economy and banking system?

While growth forecasts for Brazil for 2018 are turning optimistic, a few – a surprisingly small number in fact – are warning about a growing downside risk for next year: a negative hit from a persistent drought.

India receives global attention for its digital innovation as a tool of financial inclusion, but it couldn’t get off the ground without a unique non-profit institution charged with creating the infrastructure.

News broke last week of an intriguing insolvency petition in India: under the new Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, high-profile disputes are now commonplace, but what’s interesting here is it pits a Chinese policy bank against an Indian private-sector corporation.

As we drift towards the end of the year, conferences seem to be full of panels on asset allocation for the 12 months ahead: sometimes a bold investor will go so far as to say what they invest in themselves; sometimes that’s a surprise.

Primary issuance back to 2013 levels; private-sector names prove popular with investors

A pair of multibillion-dollar bank bailouts in under a month has roiled Russia’s banking sector and raised questions about the regulator’s competence – Dmitry Tulin, the central bank’s new head of banking supervision, insists such criticism is misguided.

Recapitalization bonds will repair balance sheets; next step will be writing off bad loans

India’s biggest fintech has doubled its user base in a year and is on track to have 500 million customers by 2020. It is backed by Ant Financial and Softbank and spurred by state policy on financial inclusion. How far can Paytm go?

Anyone trying to keep track of attitudes to cryptocurrencies among Russian policymakers could be forgiven for feeling a trifle dizzy going into December.

Banco Supervielle is producing market-leading growth and has issued successful international equity and debt transactions, while other second-tier banks are ambitious and growing fast. But not everyone is tuned into the mid-tier banks’ aggressive growth potential.

First foreign investor for troubled sector since 2007; Bancpost acquisition boosts lender to top of domestic market.

An investment company linked to one of Iran’s largest investment banks failed to publicly disclose its focus on Iran when it listed on NEX Exchange, though it always intended to invest primarily in that country.

Country predicted to be fastest-growing economy; political stability and renewed public investment should lead to demand for credit.

When it finally came, it took the market – and bankers who had been hoping for the news for many years – by surprise, but China’s decision to allow foreign partners in domestic securities joint ventures to take majority stakes raises as many questions as answers.

Euromoney's recent coverage of macroeconomic, FX, fixed income and equity market trends in Brazil, Russia, India and China.

The capital markets highlight of November in Asia was the Hong Kong IPO of Tencent spinoff China Literature, which raised HK$8.3 billion ($1.1 billion), was 600 times oversubscribed and shot up 70% on its first day of trading.

It’s all change in the world’s most powerful central banks: the Federal Reserve has a new chair coming; the Bank of Japan will need a new one from April; and, no less significant, China could announce the next head of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) any day.

The moment has finally arrived – bankers have grown old waiting for it, but on Friday they learned they will soon be permitted to own majority stakes in securities companies in China. Good news for every international investment bank – except one: HSBC.

The People’s Bank doesn’t want a crypto-free country – it wants to own the market.

Macro-economic recovery and falling Selic paint positive outlook; credit growth frustrating the rosy outlook.

Just imagine if it all goes right in Brazil.