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Western Europe’s best bank for corporate responsibility 2021: BBVA

Covid has, unsurprisingly, dominated the corporate responsibility agenda at banks across Europe. A key determinant in this category was the effectiveness with which firms addressed the acute challenges that many of their clients have faced, from the initial healthcare emergency to longer-term financial distress. BBVA stepped up to the task promptly and at scale and takes the regional award this year.

July 14, 2021

Awards for Excellence

CEE’s best bank for advisory 2021: UniCredit

In a difficult year for M&A in central and eastern Europe, UniCredit once again leveraged its regional network, sectoral approach and careful market positioning to notch the largest number of announced deals in the 12 months to the end of March.

July 14, 2021

Awards for Excellence

CEE’s best bank for SMEs 2021: ING Bank Slaski

Digital leadership and a client-centric business model made ING Bank Slaski an ideal partner for Poland’s SMEs during the first 12 months of the pandemic. Its ability to support clients and maintain growth during a time of market turmoil makes it the worthy winner of the award for CEE’s best bank for SMEs.

July 14, 2021

Awards for Excellence

Latin America’s best bank 2021: Nubank

When David Vélez, co-founder and chief executive of Nubank, Latin America’s best bank, spoke to Euromoney in January 2021 he acknowledged just how powerful an engine the pandemic had been for the growth in digital banking. The Covid-19 lockdown led to such accelerated growth in new customer segments that the bank is seeing numbers that would have taken months or years to achieve in normal times.

July 14, 2021

Awards for Excellence

Latin America’s best digital bank 2021: Nubank

Nubank, Latin America’s best digital bank, is still very much in growth mode. Over the past year it has further built out from its credit card origins; current accounts have been added and the bank has acquired online investment platform Easynvest.

July 14, 2021

Awards for Excellence

North America’s best bank for sustainable finance 2021: Citi

Jane Fraser, who took over as Citi’s chief executive on March 1, 2021, wasted no time in putting ESG at the top of the bank’s agenda. On her first day she announced the bank’s commitment to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

July 14, 2021

Awards for Excellence

Asia’s best bank for sustainable finance 2021: HSBC

Despite strong showings from peers including BNP Paribas and Citi, HSBC’s strength in sustainable finance is deep rooted and hard to match. Jonathan Drew’s team lifts this award for the fourth consecutive year.

July 14, 2021

Awards for Excellence

North America’s best bank for corporate responsibility 2021: Bank of America

Nearly all banks talk about corporate responsibility, few make it integral to the way they work. What sets Bank of America apart is that it has been doing just that for years and this year it receives the award for North America’s best bank for corporate responsibility.

July 14, 2021

Awards for Excellence

Western Europe’s best bank for SMEs 2021: HSBC

HSBC, with big operations in the UK and France as well as a presence on the ground in 20 markets across Europe, wins the award for the region’s best bank for small and medium-sized enterprises this year, against strong challenges from UniCredit and Santander.

July 14, 2021

Awards for Excellence

Western Europe’s best bank 2021: BNP Paribas

Business diversification has proved to be a crucial asset for BNP Paribas over the past year. Relatively intact operations such as fixed income trading have provided vital props to its financial performance compared with local rivals that had made deeper cuts to those businesses pre-Covid. Post-pandemic the bank has become even more important as a financier to its western European clients. It has also moved earlier than other top-tier global banks to burnish its sustainability credentials.

July 14, 2021

CAPITAL MARKETS

China’s crackdown on US listings heralds new era

Beijing made clear this week that it is determined to stop its firms from selling shares in New York. A simultaneous crackdown on ride-hailing firm Didi also offers a timely reminder to global investors that China is no longer committed to market reforms but to ideology and sovereignty in the Xi Jinping era.

Elliot Wilson, July 13, 2021

Opinion

Pakistan: Anyone for MSCI tennis?

If you have Wimbledon withdrawal symptoms, watch Pakistan’s status in MSCI’s indices, which has the same quality as a ball being smacked back and forwards during an interminable rally.

July 13, 2021

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