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BANKING

Banking: ANZ reaches the end of the road in Asia

Shayne Elliott’s tenure as CEO of ANZ has already been marked by several strategic initiatives since he took the top job in January. None is more striking than the apparent reversal of his predecessor’s grand ambitions for Asia. Is there method in the madness of undoing years of expensive effort? And can a renewed focus on Australia deliver growth when some say the domestic industry is past its peak?

Chris Wright, September 30, 2016

BANKING

CSR: The unbanked – mind the gender gap

Unbanked women an opportunity for banks; inclusion boosts economic growth.

Helen Avery, September 30, 2016

BANKING

The collective struggle for better bank ethics

The Wells Fargo scandal has once again put ethics at the heart of the debate about the future of banking. Regulation is clearly not working. Now an eclectic group of behavioural scientists, moral psychologists and spiritual leaders are stepping in to solve the problem. Will anyone on Wall Street listen?

Helen Avery, September 29, 2016

Opinion

Handbags between Singapore and Malaysia

It is an unfortunate inevitability of modern life that when a woman who runs a sovereign wealth fund goes to the White House, she attracts headlines for her choice of handbag. But it takes a uniquely southeast Asian twist to turn this into a political vendetta.

September 29, 2016

Opinion

Shades of Kafka in Castro’s new Cuba

Franz Kafka, who wrote about European bureaucratic labyrinths, would have found much inspiration in Cuba officialdom’s Soviet-inspired maze.

September 29, 2016

Opinion

When shadow banking goes rogue

Could the financial markets ever be used as a weapon of mass destruction?

September 29, 2016

Opinion

The looming crisis in correspondent banking

FSB chair Carney marks his own homework, awarding A* grades for the board's financial regulatory reforms – this is hogwash.

September 29, 2016

Opinion

Off the record

One PR chief goes coy on the prospects of a traditionally convivial night during the IMF meetings after a recent change in senior management

September 29, 2016

Opinion

Quotes of the month

Stefano Visalli, founder and managing partner of Oxy Capital, gets right to the heart of Italian banks’ bad-debt problem

September 29, 2016

Euromoney Country Risk

Country risk: Morocco’s investment grade in doubt

The sovereign borrower still struggles to convince the experts as the elections draw near.

Jeremy Weltman, September 29, 2016

BANKING

Emerging Europe: Citi stands firm in CEE as rivals pull back

Collapsing investment banking volumes have prompted global players to pull back from emerging Europe over the past two years. But Citi’s Jim Cowles, CEO for EMEA, has alternative sources of revenue to fall back on.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, September 29, 2016

Fintech

FX: CLS to offer payment netting service to non-members using distributed ledger

The provider of settlement services for foreign exchange is looking to expand its influence in the FX markets by providing a netting service for payments that is available to institutions that are not CLS members and in currencies it does not settle. By using the distributed ledger, it also hopes to facilitate greater use of this technology.

Solomon Teague, September 28, 2016

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