There are so many challenges related to climate change, so many disparate actors required for their remedy and so much money required to do it, that it is tempting to see the whole situation as unfixable. Perhaps that is why some of the countries most vulnerable to climate change are not willing to talk about it. There is one positive counterbalance: all the ingredients needed to meet climate finance goals are available. But getting the money where it needs to go, with private capital alongside, will require a level of global coordination rarely seen.

Climate change finance for the V20 and other vulnerable states will need innovative thinking. It turns out plenty has already taken place, including a detailed proposal to bring funding to those who can’t raise it independently.

No nation is more at risk from rising seas than the Maldives. Yet the government seems more interested in tourism than sustainability, and access to international funds is difficult. Has the climate change debate lost relevance in the country that inspired the creation of the V20?

Cesar Purisima was secretary of finance of the Philippines when Typhoon Haiyan devastated much of the country. It was a lesson he hadn’t forgotten when he became the founding chair of the V20, a vehicle for the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations to speak collectively.

State bank BNDES’ benchmark rate set to be replaced; implicit subsidies have been a significant fiscal drain

A ratings uplift and a better profile for Croatia’s SOE debt could be brought closer with a helping hand from the World Bank

Volume key for profitability as banking market normalizes; flurry of equity deals to fuel M&A and organic growth.

Banks see normalization, with credit growth the driver of results; new mortgage product excites the market.

As Singapore reinforces its position as the leading FX trading centre in the Asia Pacific region, Euromoney looks at the prospects for other regional hubs.

The IBRD's latest foray into capital-at-risk notes brings a familiar name back to the cat bond market.

View results of the China Retail Gold Survey here.

Its appetite for gold remains insatiable, making local market participants increasingly frustrated with their limited influence on global gold price-setting. That is set to change.

Reversing the country’s reputation will take a long time. At least a start has been made.

The differences between two landmark access programmes for China’s capital markets need to be understood.

Short-term factors driving strong improvements in earnings and ROE; revenues the issue next year as credit demand remains weak.

In a yield-hungry world, what could be more appetizing to investors than a nation with stability offering 7% on its Eurobonds?

Everyone has a complaint about how Hong Kong’s markets are run, whether it is cornerstones, regulation, secret orders, or simply poor performance. How does HKEx get the environment right when everyone has a different idea of what is wrong?

Roman Lokhov has transformed BCS from a Russian retail broker to a full-service investment bank through a combination of technology, transparency and opportunism. Now he is looking to bring a new generation of Russian companies to the global markets.

Itaú BBA has long been a top investment bank in Brazil. Recently, rumours of high turnover, a changing culture and low morale have been rife. But Roderick Greenlees, head of investment banking, says the bank remains an undisputed market leader.

It is no understatement to say that the country is uncharted territory. The news is all good right now. But next year’s presidential election could return it to familiar, volatile territory.

A-shares included at low weight; handful of large-caps with tiny weighting.

Carrefour subsidiary shows demand for Brazilian IPO; carry trade boosting equity as well as bond performance in Latin America.

Euromoney's latest coverage of emerging markets, including FX, fixed income and equity market trends.

Implementation of global standard will lead to higher tier-1 capital levels; banks well capitalized but predictions of sovereign downgrades cloud outlook.

Spreads at multi-year lows as demand remains buoyant; Investors reverse underweight positions.

Morocco’s Banque Centrale Populaire has entered into negotiations with Bank of Kigali to acquire a minority stake in the Rwandan bank.

Bank’s IB division up to third in rankings in first half of 2017; IB head Leao says there is “still a lot more to come”.

Few banks in the world have made greater efforts to reach those in poverty than State Bank of India (SBI). As chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya told Euromoney last year: “I have customers in the bank who have to be led by the hand to give their left thumb impression. When you dispense the money, you have to tell them the amount orally, because they can neither read nor write.”

The man behind the company with plans to dominate Singapore’s high-volume user market in FX tells Euromoney how a higher percentage of local and regional liquidity can be kept within the island city state.

Reduction of size and cost of subsidized credit key policy reform; negative impact of earmarked credit highlighted by World Bank report.