Regulators seem to have the upper hand in the battle over bank leverage ratios.

Deutsche set for heavy cost-cutting; Sets new 12% ROE target

Leading banks are slashing jobs. FICC looks likely to bear the brunt.

As Wall Street praises the departing Goldman Sachs CFO, questions about the CEO succession start to loom.

Top-ranked foreign exchange house Deutsche Bank aims to consolidate its leadership with a new twist on APIs. Rivals say the development is spin rather than substance. In a market where technology plays such a vital role, they’ll be hoping they’re right.

Jain and Fitschen will hope to find new strength around a core of fixed income, transaction banking and AWM.

Peru is seemingly oblivious to the regional and global slowdown. Despite his country’s economic vitality, Julio Velarde, governor of the Peruvian central bank, is keeping a wary eye on a darker global horizon.

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan and Barclays continue to slug it out at the top of the market-share tables for crisis-hit credit trading. But when it comes to quality over quantity, RBC Capital Markets is the firm to watch.

A risk-aware strategy has allowed Société Générale’s operations in central and eastern Europe to perform relatively well overall since 2008. But its portfolio is a mix of good and bad, big and small businesses. And after the eurozone crisis, does the French bank have what it takes to achieve its ambitions in the region?

Low rates for borrowers and investors’ search for yield are hardly new phenomena. But suddenly, in the US, the two have combined to create feverish bond market activity for local and foreign issuers alike. How long can the DCM boom last?

India’s business leaders are increasingly concerned about the will of its political elite to drive economic growth. They see a country trapped between its past and its present, and a financial system that is quickly losing its reputed potential to be a leading global market. What can stop the rot?

The stunning win by the European Ryder Cup team at Medinah Country Club ranks as one of the greatest sporting turnarounds of all time. This is a tournament where players wear their national colours, rather than those of their sponsors. But many financial institutions do sponsor golfers in their regular day-jobs. So which did best at Medinah?

The liquidity-starved corporate bond market desperately needs to find a post-regulation equilibrium. Banks just can’t commit capital to market-making. So the smarter investors are looking at ways of delivering it themselves