Companies that publicly commit to net zero by 2030 need to be held accountable for those commitments. That won’t happen until their carbon footprint becomes publicly available data.

The idea of capping the price of Russian oil and gas exports sounds good in theory, but it might be better to test methods for energy rationing.

Stress tests mean that banks must assess their own climate impact. The glaring data gaps will close as the science progresses and methodologies evolve.

The first three months of the year have been tough for many investment banking business lines, but Europe’s banks are putting up a good fight against the might of the US firms.

The Swiss bank is still paying for its misdeeds, but this might be a taste of what’s to come for others.

The pressure for a short-term boost to ROE might force Bradesco to re-evaluate its insurance portfolio.

Crédit Agricole’s purchase of a 9.18% in Banco BPM could have benefits, even if it doesn’t presage a full takeover.

Private equity’s relationship with the Spac asset class? It’s complicated.

A combination of geographical position and commodity strength is working in the country’s favour.

Corporates want to improve sustainability in their supply chains, but, if anything, the barriers to doing so are getting worse.

Western governments hope Russian citizens will blame the regime of president Vladimir Putin and seek change. That is a gamble.

Why do Saudi Arabia and Malaysia still overwhelm every other state in Islamic asset management?

It’s rare to see a sovereign fund backing a digital bank before its launch.

The first month of 2022 has seen not so much a mean reversion as a collapse in investment banking revenues. Investors must hope this won’t continue.

The rationale behind a bank buyback can be different in emerging versus developed markets.

Last year, social was top of the ESG agenda. Today, it barely merits a mention.

Falls in bond and equity prices that followed the Fed’s hawkish pivot may just be the start, with the key test still to come in new issue markets.

Southeast Asia markets enjoyed a record 2021. Can they build on this?

BNP Paribas has in effect ruled out using the proceeds of its US retail bank sale on big bank M&A in Europe.

Executive chairman Ana Botín will be under pressure after adverse ruling in Madrid

Rebooting the financial system with a new currency could be what’s needed to give Argentina’s economy a way forward.

One of the strongest themes of COP26 was the involvement of the private sector on an unprecedented scale. What happens next?

The Morgan Stanley veteran is a sound pick, but is an old-school investment banker the right person to run the world’s largest wealth manager?

There is no shortage of great ideas in digitalizing trade finance. If only all these systems and programmes would talk to one another.

Perhaps it is not such a strange time to bet billions on Turkey’s economy.

The Thai bank takes a step forward in its strategy to upgrade to a financial technology group.

Intense competition for assets means that risk is being mispriced.

The hard truth is that in much of the developing world, climate change still ranks well below more immediate concerns such as unemployment, disease, poverty and political unrest for households and businesses.

A new pledge to use foreign reserves to buy ESG assets is one of many institutional measures in Japan. But the country has still not realized its green potential at the corporate level.

China unveiled a plan for its first national parks on Friday, the final day of the COP15 conference in Kunming. It reveals the weight of Party concerns about pollution and biodiversity fragmentation, and their impact on political stability.