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BANKING

Asia becomes embarrassing afterthought in ANZ results

ANZ once boasted about the network it was going to build at great expense in Asia. Now, executives are loath even to mention it.

Chris Wright, May 03, 2016

BANKING

Zar Amrolia: special focus

Structural shifts upend troubled FX franchises

May 02, 2016

Opinion

Off the record

After a tour of the leading lights of Silicon Valley, this bank CEO wasn’t so sure tech giants like Apple and Amazon really wanted to become banks

May 01, 2016

BANKING

Draijer digs out Rabobank

New Basel rules are set to ramp up the capital burden of Rabobank’s dominant franchise in mortgages and SMEs – assets it previously treated as low-risk. Chief executive Wiebe Draijer tells Euromoney how he is overturning the Dutch mutual group’s corporate structure and business model

Dominic O’Neill, April 29, 2016

CAPITAL MARKETS

Latin America: As Brazil falls, private equity rises

Every cloud has a silver lining, and private equity firms are pretty good at finding them. Is that why they are now targeting crisis-hit Brazil? Have they learnt from their poor recent performance?

Rob Dwyer, April 29, 2016

Yulia’s tale: serving clients amid hostage-taking and betrayal

July 7, 2014 loomed as a normal business day for Yulia Vyalova, PrivatBank’s branch network boss in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region.

Eric Ellis, April 29, 2016

BANKING

Ukraine: The perils of PrivatBank

Assailed by conflict and politics, Alexander Dubilet admits that the task of running Ukraine’s biggest bank is complicated. But he insists that PrivatBank can cope with the loss of large parts of its network and dismisses rumours about secret loans and the need for state support.

Eric Ellis, April 29, 2016

BANKING

Scotiabank: In through the out door

As other international banks take flight from Latin America, Canada’s Scotiabank is aiming to add scale. Will it succeed where others have given up? Or will it come to regret the risks inherent in a contrarian strategy?

Rob Dwyer, April 29, 2016

BANKING

Merrill Lynch wins injunction in Novo Banco bail-in row

In the latest twist in a complicated and controversial saga, the administrative court in Lisbon has provisionally blocked the Bank of Portugal's attempt to bail in some of its senior bondholders.

Louise Bowman, April 29, 2016

Euromoney Country Risk

Country risk: In search of the next investment grade

Euromoney’s risk survey successfully predicted the move to investment grade for the Philippines in 2013, and it is once again highlighting other sovereign borrowers – in particular Hungary and Paraguay – with prospects for a similar upgrade.

Jeremy Weltman, April 28, 2016

Fintech

Treasurers embrace corporate cards

Corporate treasurers are showing increased interest in credit cards – with the payment data boosting working-capital management – but the benefits might not be available to every company.

Kimberley Long, April 28, 2016

Foreign Exchange

FX: Fired currency traders fight back

Ex-Citi trader Carly McWilliams’ employment tribunal win will spur on other fired currency traders waiting for their day in court and encourage more women to bring unfair dismissal claims, say legal experts. The banks’ argument that a handful of rogue traders acting behind senior managers’ backs were to blame for the currency rigging scandal is contested.

Farah Khalique, April 28, 2016

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