ANZ wins best bank in Australia as it grew assets at a healthy lick during the awards period and posted an impressive return on equity. ANZ is also the most valuable banking brand in Australia, according to a recent survey. Last year, it posted a fourth straight year of record annual profit, this time with an 11% rise year-on-year to $6.3 billion.

In 1999 this magazine described the fight for best bank in Asia as a battle royal between HSBC and Citi.

Few houses have the wherewithal to be top five players across all asset classes in emerging markets. They should target opportunistic higher margin business.

Banks are learning to like what social media has to offer.

L’Roubi may be a chameleon when it comes to his sartorial mores but Bank of England governor, Mark Carney resembles a chameleon when it comes to his views on UK interest rates.

Expansion beyond their domestic market highlights the ambition of Nigeria’s banks, but their success will be hampered without African cohesion.

Latin America’s markets are as good as anyone can remember. If you’re an issuer, that is. Investors are not celebrating.

Mario Draghi, the head of the European Central Bank, has firmly rebuffed the bears and those who believed in him made a fortune with timely purchases of periphery European bonds and stock markets.

The spillover from the proposed voiding of state guarantees on subordinate debt of Austria’s Hypo Alpe Adria could hit bonds of other banks across Europe.

Banks find the grass is greener with dedicated environmentally friendly bonds.

“I’ve got tickets for the world cup final. My boss was on the phone asking me about that and I told him that it was a client event I had booked in six years ago. It was probably a mistake. He pointed out that I didn’t work here six years ago”

Universal banks have been trying harder than ever to make investment, corporate and transaction bankers work as one team to capture more business and deliver a better all-round service to their clients.

“What’s so bad about being good at financing? Are our critics saying that M&A advisory is a skill but that financing is not? Trust me, you can be bad at financing. You can read the markets wrong, be too quick to commit or not commit fast enough. Having the best read on where your clients can raise the money to get a strategic transaction done, how quickly, in what amounts and with what degree of certainty is vital”

ESG bond to tap into demand for ethical investment; deal ‘sets new water mark’ on sustainability

AA slumps as PE exits; secondary buyouts down 25%

Tetangco talks up booming economy; asset bubbles the only danger.

Crown dependency aspires to triple-A; investors love sovereign with reserves not debt.

Latin America’s fastest growing economy; international banks eye infrastructure projects.

Authorities more strident on standards; wealth fund criticized for lack of due diligence.

US high yield investors add to demand; lack of supply will stretch into autumn

Louis Dreyfus to repurchase 90% of deal; firm commitment IPOs under question.

Funding levels ‘too good to ignore’; return of Russian supply no threat, say bankers.

Statement of intent rather than a need for funds; DMO defends choice of leads.

Turkey’s economy is growing fast and the country has a large number of infrastructure projects in the pipeline. But with its corporates also on the hunt for more funding, the country’s banks cannot meet all the demand themselves.

While other industries have embraced technology to win clients and become more efficient, wealth management and private banking are still finding their way. Euromoney gathered leading private bankers and nontraditional wealth advisers to discuss how the industry can embrace innovation

Nordea has long been recognised for having the most broadly diversified franchise across the entire Nordic region (bar Iceland). As S&P comments in a recent update, Nordea’s 2013 results “confirmed the group’s sustainable, broad revenue base, supported by its large business model diversified by geography and business lines.”

While flow business models are likely to remain challenged, it is clear that there is a new long-term challenger to the traditional flow monsters.

A strong advisory and origination business, coupled with a market leading trading status, make Citi the undisputed champion.

Most banks are not comfortable with social media. CaixaBank is very different.

Far from struggling in the new regulatory environment, a more diverse business keeps Goldman first among equals in M&A.