It has come a long way since 2014, but policymakers must keep going.

Although China has restricted capital flight, it is still encouraging Hong Kong IPOs. That is good for international banks – mostly.

At the largest private-sector investment firm in the Persian Gulf, the line between business and politics has always been blurred – its well-connected new executive chairman Mohammed bin Mahfoodh Al Ardhi seems a perfect fit for that curious tradition.

The Czech currency came under sustained upward pressure in the middle of January, as investors piled in on bets that faster inflation would spur the central bank to abandon a cap that has kept a lid on the koruna for the past three years.

Belgian group wins bidding for NBG subsidiary; further consolidation seen likely in crowded market.

International investors regain appetite for Russian stocks; Sovcomflot privatization on the table again.

In sharp contrast to this time last year, Asian issuers have rushed to get deals away while benign conditions last. How long will the Asia DCM boom last?

Jonathan Slone argues regulators are damaging the agency broking model and not helping the clients they intend to help.

Banks in Iran have made progress since the signing of the nuclear deal, yet many obstacles to doing business internationally remain; for every step forward, there seems to be one back.

A challenging inflation outlook, sluggish economic activity and the steep slide in the value of the lira look set to force the Turkish central bank to oppose the wishes of its president and hike interest rates.

Cutting off a bank for an anodyne macro equities call is an over-reaction and a backward step.

President’s decision reveals concern regarding 2017’s mid-term elections; no change expected to finance minister's economic policy as recovery predicted this year.

The borrower is on its knees, crippled by a huge debt burden and in need of an external lifeline. Only an IMF deal can improve its fortunes.

The long-awaited tie-up between HSBC and Shenzhen Qianhai Financial Holdings still seems to be nowhere in sight.

Chinese firms are back in the running for control of Portuguese banking. The two sides are more used to doing business now – and the sellers are even more desperate for capital.

The Egyptian central bank’s decision to allow the pound to float freely in November caught many bankers in Cairo by surprise. But it was a long-held ambition of governor Tarek Amer, a veteran of Egyptian finance with a reputation as a straight-shooter. Now he needs to show the move heralds a cultural, positive shift for Egypt’s economy.

International banks recently put up an unsecured loan for a Russian borrower with a parent on the US sanctions list. Has the loan market for unsanctioned investment-grade Russian borrowers just got broader, deeper and potentially cheaper?

Beijing's pollution a problem for staff moves.

Euromoney Country Risk shows global risk rising, as leading economists and political experts revise their views on asset safety.

It is no secret that China is the biggest game in town in Asia-Pacific investment banking. But it is striking, even alarming, to learn just how utterly dominant it has become.

Amnesty has been a big fiscal bonus for government in 2016; large inflows have been counterintuitively a net-negative for local AUM.

Regulatory reforms negative for non-bank financials; banks’ NPLs could get a boost through reform of FGTS.

Euromoney hosts a number of annual economic and investment forums in tier-two and tier-three cities across China.

New capital flow channel had a limp debut; insurance industry is under the cosh.

End to multi-year political impasse; factions jostle for ministerial roles.

Perhaps size is an advantage for an innovation centre – small size, that is. It means you are nimble. So says Lithuania.

Commerce could reverse Trump’s vow to dismantle the Iran nuclear deal.

The borrower is on shakier ground as its ability to refinance debt is questioned.

The whole of Latin America, not just Mexico, faces an uncertain relationship with the US.

BTG Pactual launches online-only investment platform; Banco do Brasil shedding jobs as it pushes digital.