Traders claiming to have profited from the Brexit vote were slow to identify themselves in the wake of the historic decision for the UK to leave the European Union.

Asian banks are increasingly proving themselves to be much more than just volume-hungry lenders.

The key to getting a clients’ attention, and their business, is being good on all aspects of a particular product, rather than vainly attempting to achieve excellence in all products.

Only excellent bank management teams can satisfy shareholders, regulators and customers all at once today. BNP Paribas has one of the very best.

By trying to be different, a lot of the world’s biggest transaction services houses are starting to look remarkably similar.

Euromoney has decided on the best banks in Emerging Europe. But let’s also consider some editorial awards – for the good and the bad – that the strict criteria of the Awards for Excellence did not allow for

From Cyprus to Ireland, banks in Europe can boast some impressive turnaround stories. They now have the chance to help others and lead the wider transformation and consolidation that the sector so badly needs.

The bank’s approach to SMEs is different and successful: it is international in scope and looks to help companies beyond just lending.

The country’s biggest banks are only just starting to feel the pain, and there could be far more to come.

A list of winners of Euromoney’s Latin America, Central America and Caribbean Awards for Excellence 2016, as well as detailed citations for all of the winners, is available here

World's best bank: Other European banks may be quitting the US, but it remains an important contributor to BNP Paribas’ revenue stream.

Don’t commit capital to unprofitable clients? Check. Try to increase wallet share with core clients? Check. Find you’re covering the exact same group of clients as 10 other global firms? You’d better check.

The Dutch bank’s return to private hands in late 2015 was the culmination of a huge restructuring operation that has created one of the most profitable and best capitalized institutions in Europe.

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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Euromoney Awards for Excellence. They were the first of their kind in the global financial publishing industry. The nature of the global banking industry is constantly changing, and this year we made fundamental changes to the categories to reflect this.

From retail and investment to emerging market banking, regulatory technology is redrawing the global financial map. Data is the new capital, ideas are the new risk.

They might not like to admit it, but the decline in commodities prices could be just the impetus that the regions’ investment banks, and their capital markets, need.

What happens when you ask hyper-aggressive over-achievers if they think they’re the best in the industry? John Anderson knows all too well.

The world’s banks are doing more than pay lip service to corporate social responsibility. But they need to go further and make their commitment part of the fabric of each institution.

Lloyds has reached a milestone in its bid to transform itself into a lean and simple financial institution, well-suited to the post-crisis regulatory climate.

A list of winners of Euromoney’s Central and Eastern Europe Awards for Excellence 2016, as well as detailed citations for all of the winners, is available here

The last 12 months have seen performance at last match potential in HSBC’s global banking and markets division. And there’s still a lot more to come.

In a boom year for global M&A, Morgan Stanley differentiated itself from strong competition by serving up a defensive master class.

This bank is pushing its corporate franchise further and deeper than ever before, becoming a core universal banking partner to many of the world’s biggest companies.

A list of winners of Euromoney’s Africa Awards for Excellence 2016, as well as detailed citations for all of the winners, is available here

More than any other bank, Citi is the one FIG clients turn to when they need global financing solutions.

As financing becomes more strategic, the bank is showing where its greatest strengths lie.

World's best bank: BNP Paribas is that rarity – a large bank actually delivering on its promises to stakeholders. It is producing better returns even than many of the US banks, despite being anchored in a low-growth home region, building capital and winning customers – all while proving the benefits of a diversified business model. Its cadre of loyal, long-serving senior executives look to have got the strategy right: staying the course in Asia and the US and running global customer franchises, but only in the select services it excels at.

Few truly global wealth managers remain, but even if they did it would be hard to compete with UBS, the only bank to put wealth management at its core.

Find details of all the winners of the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2016 here.