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Foreign Exchange

IFC invests in portfolio compression service for EM FX

Competition has become intense in the FX portfolio compression business in recent months, but until now the focus has been on more liquid G10 currencies.

Solomon Teague, June 07, 2017

BANKING

Lebanon central bank’s Salamé prepares for the next storm

After another tumultuous year for banking in Lebanon, the central bank governor discusses the political pushback against his actions, the potential impact of a new US law targeting Hezbollah and the prospects for his reappointment.

Olivier Holmey, June 06, 2017

Fintech

Emerging Europe: Home Credit sets its sights on Asia’s shoppers

Czech group Home Credit has ridden the consumer finance roller coaster in Russia over the last decade. Now it’s betting big on Asia and even taking on China’s online retail giants.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, June 06, 2017

Fintech

Data talks big in Brazil – for now

The country’s biggest banks are working on the big data challenge. If successful, it could transform the industry and its performance. But quantifying the impact and differentiating between potential winners and losers is almost impossible.

Rob Dwyer, June 06, 2017

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Fund Passporting In Asia-Pacific: A Long Journey

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has seen multiple fund passporting schemes launched in quick succession, but can we tell how well they are likely to fare as they become more established over time?

June 06, 2017

BANKING

Throsby turns back the clock at Barclays

Barclays has reversed course on the regional structure it put in place last year, with new investment bank head Tim Throsby putting a global stamp on the business and also paving the way to complete its previous expansion effort.

Mark Baker, June 06, 2017

BANKING

Nomura: Europe’s quick re-think turns crisis into an opportunity

Imagine that you run investment banking in Europe for a sizeable foreign firm whose name still enjoys a little cachet from its heyday 20 years ago when it figured high in the debt and equity arranger league tables and which sought to invest in Europe and rebuild scale after the global financial crisis.

Peter Lee, June 06, 2017

BANKING

Nomura confronts the ghosts of its past

One year after its humiliating withdrawal from European equities, Nomura’s international businesses are humming. The Japanese firm is set to expand in emerging markets and in the US, while pivoting towards a bigger presence in risk, particularly credit risk. But it still faces its age-old conundrum: outside Japan, it is too big to be a boutique, but not big enough to be a global bulge-bracket investment bank. Can Nomura find a fitting new position as the entire industry restructures?

Peter Lee, June 06, 2017

BANKING

Structured solutions drive Nomura

A large part of Nomura’s recent boost in overseas earnings came from healthy fixed income revenues in the US. It has struggled to replicate this in mainstream primary debt. Instead, it pushes its strength in structured solutions.

Louise Bowman, June 06, 2017

CAPITAL MARKETS

Markets brace for the great QE unwind

Quantitative easing has been the defining monetary policy innovation of the 21st century. With global economic recovery now seemingly robust, the challenge facing policymakers is to reverse this stimulus. This is likely to be fraught with danger, particularly in Europe.

Andrew Capon, June 06, 2017

BANKING

European regulation: Banks need union for profitability

The drive to integrate the European banking system has taken a back seat as regulators have become concerned at the lack of profitability in the sector. Can banking in the EU be sustainable without union and with so much onerous regulation?

Graham Bippart, June 06, 2017

BANKING

Banking: Macquarie’s masters of reinvention

As he approaches 10 years at the helm, Macquarie CEO Nicholas Moore runs a business quite different from the one he inherited during the financial crisis. Capital market risk has been replaced with steady annuity-style income – but he says innovation and individuality has survived the transition.

Chris Wright, June 06, 2017

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