Although China has restricted capital flight, it is still encouraging Hong Kong IPOs. That is good for international banks – mostly.

Cutting off a bank for an anodyne macro equities call is an over-reaction and a backward step.

The long-awaited tie-up between HSBC and Shenzhen Qianhai Financial Holdings still seems to be nowhere in sight.

Plans to mirror US leverage limits could hit banks’ market share in Europe.

Chinese firms are back in the running for control of Portuguese banking. The two sides are more used to doing business now – and the sellers are even more desperate for capital.

It is time European regulators proposed a BRRD that is fit for purpose.

Bond market losses that began in November with the sharp rise of inflation expectations for Donald Trump’s coming presidency continued towards the end of the year.

Perhaps size is an advantage for an innovation centre – small size, that is. It means you are nimble. So says Lithuania.

Tempers are fraying as EU regulators push back on Basel IV and threaten retaliatory ringfencing in Europe.

Commerce could reverse Trump’s vow to dismantle the Iran nuclear deal.

The whole of Latin America, not just Mexico, faces an uncertain relationship with the US.

Japanese bank stocks have shot up in the wake of the US election result. The reasons have to do with shifting sands in bank regulation.

Investor Wilbur Ross has always had an eye for a deal, but is he the right choice for an economy that is embracing new technology faster than any other?

Santander’s buyback of its asset management arm seems characteristically erratic, but opportunism has its advantages.

Korea should be a rare bright spot for prominent IPOs in Asia but, given centre stage, Doosan Bobcat fluffed its lines.

A bet on QE expansion overrode worries about the referendum for Italy’s 50-year debut.

Flash crashes are still mercifully rare, but FX bankers worry that changing market dynamics will make them happen more often.

Cutting ties with money transfer companies has deeper implications than many big banks are prepared to admit.

European banks stocks have been on a tear since their summer lows, with the Stoxx Europe 600 banks index rising by 30% from the bottom of 117 in early July, up to 153 at the end of October.

Investors should not get too carried away by Saudi’s bond market triumph: there is still much that can derail its long-term strategy.

The younger and energetic Mohammed Al-Jadaan has a record of transformation.

The Italian lender’s revised capital plan prompted its share price to plunge 39% in a matter of hours. Time is running out for a capital raise by year-end.

A second acquisition of ABN Amro might offer Scandinavia’s biggest bank more than an industrial fit

The proposed merger makes much more sense than the failed tie-up between the Singapore and Australian stock exchanges.

The dominance of cornerstone tranches in Chinese IPOs represents a raw deal for other investors – and needs to stop.

Brazil’s central bank chief has missed a great opportunity to address its uncompetitive banking sector.

CET1 capital calculations will take a decade of malpractice into account under Basel IV.

Goldman Sachs is cutting and Citic is hiring – but is all as it seems?

Banking sector concentration, rather than proliferation, is the lesser of two evils.

Financial inclusion should be a win-win-win – for the unbanked, for economies, and for banks themselves.