Money has been flowing out of fixed income and into equities since Bernanke’s speech in May.

With sellers and buyers in LatAm equity issuance and M&A finding it difficult to agree on valuations, banks are hard pressed to get deals away.

Vince Cable, the UK’s business secretary, has coined a phrase. He described the continuing efforts of the Bank of England to make banks in the country hold more capital as being one of the biggest brakes on economic recovery.

Wells Fargo has recently outpaced China’s biggest bank by market cap. But what about profits?

Euromoney would like to thank all of the institutions and individuals who gave so generously to Action Against Cancer on the occasion of our Awards for Excellence dinner in London in July 2013.

US bank is showing signs of real momentum; Astute hires and capital strength key to growth

The European Commission has galvanized efforts to develop Europe’s project finance bond market, but mixed fortunes in the asset class highlight just how long the road ahead is for a market still in its infancy.

In an exclusive interview, Benoît Coeuré, member of the executive board of the European Central Bank, discusses the challenges that Europe faces in stimulating financing to small and medium-sized enterprises, including the creation of a truly pan-European and cross-border capital market in the region and how securitization can be used to re-establish funding to these firms.

Schaeffler sells largest payment-in-kind bond; Investors reiterate maxim – caveat emptor

Federal Republic prices $1 billion bond; Ghana returns; banks working on Kenya debut

Faced with increased capital requirements and regulatory changes, prime brokers are having to think of ways to become more efficient with their balance sheets.

Deal halved and relaunched after being pulled; robust investor appetite for alpha generation.

BlackRock’s sovereign risk index aims to provide an alternative credit opinion to the big-three agencies, Fitch, S&P and Moody’s, thanks to market and regulatory demand for alternative assessments of government creditworthiness.

Euromoney columnist Jon Macaskill imagines what an early draft of the SAC Capital head’s defence against insider trading charges might have looked like, as the SEC brings criminal charges.

Co-operative Bank bondholders are furious over a punitive restructuring plan after a recapitalization demand from the PRA. Could the more obliging treatment of SNS Reaal’s participation certificate holders offer hope?

Two years on from the start of the revolution, regulatory and infrastructure problems remain a headache for Libya’s banking sector. The revolutionary hangover means the nation’s economic potential might not be realized for a long time to come.