The outgoing CEO’s surprisingly good final results mean his successor has less room for manoeuvre.

A bank with a profitable core business is a better bet than one designed to lose money.

For the wealthy among us, it has mostly been a good pandemic.

Chile’s new financial portability law came into effect in September, providing a huge shot in the arm to financial innovation in Latin America’s most stable banking market.

Nothing in China is straightforward, but everything happens for a reason.

Environmental, social and governance factors are financially material and the time for debate is over – unless you’re Trump.

Rushing back to capital distributions won’t solve the sector’s deeper crisis.

Of all the shocks that have buffeted the world economy this year, one of the greatest is the unquestioned willingness of governments worldwide to implement emergency financial relief at scale through the banking system in response to Covid-19.

Governments need to step up to take a more proactive and innovative role in creating new markets.

The EU recovery fund could deliver so much more than just a short-term boost to peripheral sovereign bonds and European equities.

The markets have been very relaxed about emerging markets adopting quantitative easing – and that, in itself, could become a problem.

Does the investment manager’s decision to shutter its Hong Kong office and relocate to Shanghai matter?

Transaction is part of a trend for divestment from conglomerates to private equity.

As expected, DBS and UOB reported dramatic year-on-year declines in profitability, but both were protected by their range.

Agreement on dual listings positions Singapore to take advantage of US-China tensions.

Everyone wanted radical change at Commerzbank, except the bank itself.

Investors should stop pretending to care about ESG risks.

It has become almost fashionable to write off the city. There are important reasons to believe it will endure.

The Covid-19 crisis will accelerate monetization in the Gulf and see Abu Dhabi companies take equity stakes in the emirate.

The country is losing the war on the coronavirus, as well as wasting the ensuing digital payments opportunity eagerly grasped by others in Latin America.

Firms such as Deposit Solutions and Raisin are thriving, partly because Europe’s wealthy are so risk averse.

If a sovereign wealth fund is a coat for a rainy day, then why is hardly anyone putting one on when it’s been pouring down since March?

Will forcing all foreign firms to comply with US audit standards be the straw that breaks the camel’s back in Beijing?

As credit losses hit banks hard over the next three quarters, one large failure could spark a systemic crisis. Consolidation is the only way out.

Covid-19 may accelerate larger wealth managers’ global ambitions.

Will it be back to business as usual as soon as lockdown restrictions are lifted?

Collapse in Brazilian equities places a question mark over recent growth in retail investment.

It seems a strange time to want to buy into Australian wealth management.

The digital bank struggled to make an impact in a fiercely competitive field.

For European banks, the tensions between communities, supervisors and shareholders needs careful navigation.