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Fintech

Financial technology: Snowflake unlocks markets for intangible assets

Innovation is held back by the gap between the old financial system, investing and lending primarily against hard assets, and the new knowledge economy that depends on intangible assets. A new type of bank could benefit SMEs seeking to develop innovative products. It could also give investors the chance to redeploy speculative capital more productively. But who is the driving force behind Snowflake?

Peter Lee, February 25, 2015

Opinion

Banking bonuses: trust, don’t verify

CEO Stuart Gulliver helpfully explains HSBC’s former practice of using a Swiss bank account in the name of a Panama registered corporation to take bonus payments for the Hong Kong bank.

Jon Macaskill, February 25, 2015

Opinion

Gulliver and Flint face prisoner’s dilemma at HSBC

Before revelations about HSBC’s private bank, its chairman and CEO were seen as a winning combination. As the fallout becomes increasingly political, could their relationship be coming under threat?

Jon Macaskill, February 25, 2015

Foreign Exchange

Smart corporates beef up FX hedging

FX volatility highlights the need for corporates to stick to long-term hedging programmes, so that they can protect profits and their credit ratings. Some firms are also positioning themselves for opportunistic trades and upgrading their treasury and FX management systems.

Farah Khalique, February 24, 2015

Foreign Exchange

FXCM CEO reveals next steps post-SNB disaster

After the events of Black Thursday, the CEO of crest-fallen FXCM, the FX broker, discusses the shake-up in its business model, the future for retail flows, and lashes out at the institutional FX market structure.

February 23, 2015

Treasury

Treasurers voice fears over EU MMF regulation

Yield-hungry treasurers are keeping a close eye on the progress of the European Commission’s proposed changes to money market funds rules, and fear changes to net asset valuations and the role of credit agencies.

Paul Golden, February 23, 2015

Sponsored by Nordea

How to hedge risks in international trade

Companies do not always appreciate the bigger picture when it comes to the risks involved in international deals – or the trade finance products that can be used to mitigate these risk exposures.

February 23, 2015

Euromoney Country Risk

Poland’s improving fortunes highlight pockets of safety in CEE

The majority of Central and Eastern European sovereigns have been upgraded by Euromoney's country risk survey since the third quarter of 2014. Hungary is still irking the experts with its heightened political risks, but elsewhere there are still reasons to be cheerful about the region’s prospects.

Jeremy Weltman, February 23, 2015

Fintech

Neptune initiative on track for second phase

Standard bond-trading language project retains support of dealer banks as it enters network-building stage

Peter Lee, February 19, 2015

Fintech

Bond trading: Information trumps execution

Inside the honeycomb: is this the future of bond trading? As bond market participants face up to the reality of diminished liquidity, low turnover and heightened risk of price gapping, the search for solutions is veering away from new trading protocols and exchange-like platforms towards providers of high quality pre-trade information. Do Algomi’s Honeycomb and MTS’s tie-up with B2SCAN point the way ahead?

Peter Lee, February 19, 2015

Foreign Exchange

RMB: Banks staff up to match rise of Chinese currency

The need of banks to raise awareness and staffing levels around the renminbi within their own organizations looks set to be key as the battle for business heats up.

Rob Hartley, February 19, 2015

BANKING

Ghana-IMF deal faces hurdles amid likely delay

Ghana has been in discussions with the IMF since September over a new programme, but the March deadline is likely to be missed as the administration seeks to resist pre-election giveaways and cut the public-sector wage bill, say analysts.

Kanika Saigal, February 19, 2015

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