Jabal Omar Development Company’s SAR5.3 billion ($1.4 billion) debt conversion.

Mashreq Al Islami is proving year after year that an Islamic bank with industry-leading digital capabilities doesn’t need vast scale to disrupt the regional market.

Kuwait Finance House’s (KFH) commitment to embed sustainability into all that it does officially stems from the nation’s Vision 2035 plan. There is little doubt, however, that the bank itself is running well ahead that schedule.

Over the last 24 years, InterVest Capital Partners has established more than 120 leasing and financing programmes, with committed capital topping $15 billion.

Social bonds need to prove they have impact.

May-June 2023

Banks keep up on the record commentary on the rules.

The evolution of Brazil’s central bank payments programme could be good news for banks.

Jordan Kuwait Bank has issued the country’s first green bond, a key milestone for sustainability driven capital investments in the country. But getting momentum going in the sector will be an uphill battle.

JPMorgan has cleaned up in a deal that sees the regulators waive their own cap on 10% deposit ownership.

A curious disruptive technology group proudly announced an investment by Temasek. The problem: it wasn’t true.

JPMorgan’s AI model to interpret central bank messaging came out just as it emerged that Jerome Powell had been pranked into discussing policy with Russian provocateurs. Euromoney’s distinctly obvious heuristics model (D’Oh!) might be needed.

Relative winners after a year of interest rate hikes include Bank of America and Citigroup. Losers are led by regional US banks, while alternative asset managers argue that higher rates present a historic opportunity.

Pouncing on a firm with lots of corporate broking relationships at the low point for IPOs is a smart trade.

How on earth, in this environment, did the bank deliver one of its best-ever quarters in Asia?

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will host its 32nd annual meeting and business forum in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on 16 -18 May 2023.

Proceeds raised in the first three months of this year were 99% lower than the amount raised at the start of 2021.

The French investment bank is taking a bet on a double-edged blockchain technology to stay ahead of both the tokenization and sustainability trends.

Tech-related bank deals can still get away, but investors call the shots now.

The chair of Ping An Asset Management has called again for the break-up of HSBC and spin off of its Asia assets. His argument is a strong and valid one; his problem is that none of the bank’s other main shareholders seems to care.

Standard Chartered’s new chief sustainability officer is not shying away from the reality of what the energy transition looks like in emerging markets.

There is growing hope among banking and business leaders that the country’s next government can unlock and accelerate needed transformational development and economic reform. Without it, Kuwait risks falling further behind.

Australian banks adore residential mortgages. But they are ignoring a cohort of people who are going to run into a lot of trouble with repayments.

Mixed messaging from India’s Securities and Exchange Board.

The two bank’s investment banking franchises look enticingly well-matched. But how much business and how many bankers will still be around after the merger?

Commercial real-estate losses will not greatly damage big banks in Europe, but the banks themselves could inflict real damage to commercial real estate.

Not many new private banking mandates are won thanks to an institution’s abilities in succession planning. But many a client has been lost over a bank's poor succession planning capabilities when this becomes a touch point for clients, as it inevitably does at some stage.

Santander’s progress in its family office business is recognised by the judging panel not because of any specific innovation or differentiated approach, but rather for the focus on service quality that sets the bank apart.

The consistent growth in both the scale and the quality of Santander’s private banking business in Latin America this year has impressed the judging panel.

Keep it simple: that is how Julius Baer approaches the pursuit of private banking. That is not to say that what it does is easy.