Sovereign reopens market; Petrobras saga stymies Brazil.

€315 billion investment over three years; 15 times multiplier of EU and EIB funding.

Buys trading portfolios from Credit Suisse, Deutsche; integration of commodities and banking paying off.

BAML builds up; all eyes on UBS; changing dynamics prove alluring.

Basel III law opens up funding; investors bring $1 billion book.

Politicians urge ‘Hungarian’ solution; Polish, Croatian banks in firing line.

Central and Eastern Europe most affected; foreign Swiss franc bond issuance is frozen.

The World Bank reports that banks need profound reform; analysts catalogue a long list of problems; and the country’s new cabinet has been roundly rejected by most political parties. Can the new president juggle competing political factions and unblock the economic pipeline to bring badly needed growth quick enough?

African capital markets have been driven by a boom in Eurobond issue during the past two years, but supply and demand has come under fire after plummeting oil and commodity prices.

Julius Baer to take profits hit due to high CHF cost exposure, say analysts.

Capital controls have constrained the use of the renminbi in global trade, while China’s real economy has surged ahead. Despite the strict rules around its use, market players are punting on strong RMB growth in 2015, Euromoney’s Trade Finance survey reveals

The corporate bond market fears crowding out as quantitative easing looms.

Gaming capital stocks fall 41%; gambling revenues down 30%.

New COO Jonathan Moulds will bring a straightforward and sensible approach to the challenges facing Barclays. Will he end up pulling the strings more than CEO Antony Jenkins?

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