Debt relief will free up essential funds but could be more punitive than helpful.

Accounting standards that make banks provision upfront for all expected loan losses are encouraging exactly what regulators don’t want to happen at this stage of the coronavirus crisis.

Negotiations are already under way between new lenders playing the loan-to-own strategy against stressed portfolio companies in rival managers’ private equity funds.

Peru’s laudable coronavirus emergency measures won’t prevent its banks from taking a substantial hit – so what does that mean for less-well-run economies?

It’s hard to blame anyone for looking for bright spots in these difficult times.

China is pushing back against claims it could have done more to combat Covid-19; it could help itself by being more open about who owes it money – and clamping down on corporate shenanigans at home.

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It is hardly surprising that the terms of the World Bank’s pandemic bond have attracted criticism.

The transition from Libor must be delayed to avoid pressuring coronavirus-damaged markets.

Coronavirus Covid-19 knows no borders, but the economic support packages being put in place sadly do.

Proof of the Swedish supervisor’s mettle raises questions about the Danish response to money laundering.

The new government’s decision to go after Mercado Libre has the sector worried.

The Fed has provided abundant financial support to the core government bond markets to little effect and may now need to ease rules on dealer banks.

In giving aid to the US, the Jack Ma Foundation has an important message for Trump: close borders to contain a virus, not to contain China.

The economic collapse now spreading as fast as the coronavirus requires credit channels to be kept open, but it needs precious funding to flow through them even more.

The virtue of private capital is that it can withstand short-term volatility in valuations of assets held for the long term – and now is the time to prove that.

Turkey’s strong private-sector banks are its biggest asset – undermining their profitability for short-term political gain will prove counterproductive.

The big acquisition makes strategic sense as a bet on convergence between high net-worth financial advisory and self-directed trading, but M&A deals can founder on culture.

Taking the top job at UBS is a great move for ING chief Ralph Hamers, but it’s less obvious for UBS.

What was Italy’s biggest bank is giving free rein to Intesa Sanpaolo in Italy, making CEO Carlo Messina’s crown even more secure.

DP World is planning to delist from the Nasdaq Dubai in a move that directly contradicts the UAE’s efforts to improve liquidity and diversity in its domestic exchanges.

If Credit Suisse's board felt able to fire a chief executive who was not personally involved in spying, how will Barclays respond if its own CEO falls foul of a personal regulatory probe?

The country needs to raise up to $4.5 billion in the international markets this year – and it won’t be easy.

If the reversal rate is lower elsewhere, Italy and Germany can’t blame the ECB.

For all the detail, the firm's long-awaited investor day doesn't end the questions about its strategy

Some organizations, drawn in by irresistible fees, can’t resist working with high-risk clients – but technology might offer a solution.

The investment bank will no longer IPO firms without diverse directors.

Stand-off in Slovenia highlights politicians’ failure to tackle retail lending boom.

Social housing bond comes just two weeks after mid-January economics report.

Dealmakers are optimistic about a pick-up in large deals and outbound M&A from Europe this year, but the need for regional consolidation is more urgent.