Bank of America struck a disjointed tone in its announcement that chief operating officer Tom Montag and vice chair Anne Finucane are to retire at the end of the year.

Credit Suisse is stacking its board with risk management experts, but banks need to do more than fight the last war they lost.

Deutsche Bank’s restructuring has not been thrown off course by the pandemic, but upside surprises can hide risks. Discipline will be needed to avoid the temptations of the past.

No access to reserves, sinking currency, soaring inflation. Now what?

The new SDR programme raises more questions than it answers.

A tough-minded, independent thinker revered by many and disliked by some, Thomas Montag has been a dominant figure that will be hard to replace.

In September, the EU will issue bills through the auction system operated by the Banque de France for the French Trésor. But they will not immediately be a reference safe asset for European capital markets.

Bright people, information overload and impenetrable jargon: our ESG editor Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker reflects on her first 12 months covering a fast-growing sector.

ESG issues are part of the package with emerging market sovereign bonds.

Afterpay’s out-of-nowhere success has captivated Australia for some time, dividing the nation into fans and critics of the pay-later fintech. Now it is part of Australia’s biggest-ever M&A deal.

David Wildermuth, the new chief risk officer at Credit Suisse, may have much of the heavy lifting done by the time he arrives at his desk in Zurich.

JPMorgan wants to have fun being a disruptor, but persistently low valuations for even the strongest banks limit its options.

The big six US banks are releasing the loan loss reserves they built up in the pandemic. Where might this end? The answer could be surprising.

The EU’s Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF) is spurring talk of growth at Greek banks. But for their investors, it’s still all about last decade’s legacy.

Private equity is the biggest driver of what may be a record year for M&A and has led to a pushback from public shareholders that could raise prices.

There’s a clear role model for US-Japan tie-ups in New York investment banking. Can the new partnership between Jefferies and SMBC follow it?

This year was like no other in Latin American banking – and the huge leap forward in digital adoption throughout the region caused by the pandemic is here to stay.

As Covid cases surge, the widespread hope that economic growth will contain defaults and banks will emerge unscathed looks optimistic.

That distant sound is the warning bell as bond investors’ desperate search for yield leads them down ever-risker paths.

The European Commission keeps pressing, but a consolidated tape for bonds is not yet realistic – and firms should use AI analytics to create a quasi-tape.

Many are still a long way from understanding the risk climate change poses to their businesses.

The closer central banks come to hard design choices over retail central bank digital currencies, the less clear cut the case is to proceed with them.

A reported $1 billion score from distressed debt trading could encourage banks to look for risky ways to boost earnings.

Banks received a mostly clean bill of health from the Federal Reserve’s latest stress tests. After a catastrophe like Covid, does that mean the sector is now safe?

A new group at the top of the investment bank’s coverage effort is another indication of where its priorities now lie.

As football fans enjoy an action-packed European Championship, JPMorgan is advancing its project to dominate global sport financing.

What worries the wealthy most? It is a question that provides answers the rest of us would be wise to heed.

Bank CEOs do not like it, but the regulators are fostering competition.

The $15 billion merger that created Saudi National Bank is tipped to kick-start a cycle of consolidation in the Kingdom’s banking sector.

Buying robo-adviser Nutmeg is a bold and telling first step for the US bank’s new digital banking venture in the UK.