EM Search | Euromoney

Opinion

Blocks untackled: After Morgan Stanley, is that it?

Regulators are making more mileage out of their settlement with Morgan Stanley than the outcome really deserves.

Mark Baker, January 16, 2024

CAPITAL MARKETS

The ‘intraday fade’: How Morgan Stanley’s ECM claims ring hollow after $250m block trade settlement

Morgan Stanley has for years touted its expertise and adherence to confidentiality as reasons to choose it over rivals for equity block trades. But charges brought by regulators over leakages of confidential information by the bank’s former head of US equity syndicate and another employee now make its historic claims look embarrassing.

Mark Baker, January 12, 2024

Logos of BYD for tyres are seen at an assembly line in Shenzhen

CAPITAL MARKETS

Analysing China, warts and all

With its economy embattled and investors fleeing in droves, getting good data on China has never been more important. There are some great analysts and research shops out there. But too many China-facing reports suffer from a lack of imagination, groupthink brought on by a fear of irritating Beijing and an over-reliance on state data. That must change.

Elliot Wilson, January 12, 2024

ESG

LSEG’s David Harris on how data will get us to 1.5 degrees

The London Stock Exchange Group’s head of sustainable finance strategic initiatives wants climate data to redefine the act of indexing.

Marianne Gros, January 12, 2024

CAPITAL MARKETS

Archx Capital aims at an ‘emerging Brazil’

Brazil’s banks have been talking a good game about capturing the outperformance of smaller, privately held companies in the country. Now a new banking advisory firm – packed with senior bankers – has made this segment its entire business strategy.

Rob Dwyer, January 11, 2024

Treasury

Why it pays to be cautious about real-time payments

Implementing real-time payments can have consequences for corporates who underestimate the impact of cash leaving their business more quickly. Even as solutions become cheaper to implement, corporates are being cautious.

Paul Golden, January 11, 2024

Opinion

Will outcomes bonds need a rulebook?

The World Bank is issuing ‘outcomes’ bond structures for niche sustainability themes and with new financing mechanisms. Like blue bonds, they are probably going to need some rule-setting.

Marianne Gros, January 08, 2024

Singapore-dec,29:,The,Merlion,Fountain,And,Singapore,Skyline,On,Dec.

Sponsored by Bank of Singapore

Bank of Singapore: A distinctive approach to sustainable investment

The private banking arm of OCBC is demonstrating differentiation and leadership on sustainability in the region.

January 08, 2024

Foreign Exchange

FX brokers shift licence demand to more regulated markets

Ambitious brokerage firms have precipitated a shift in demand for FX licences, with interest in regulated European and Asian markets on the increase at the expense of offshore jurisdictions.

Paul Golden, January 05, 2024

BANKING

Will Cerberus’ latest European banking play come good?

After overseeing radical transformations at Bawag and Hamburg Commercial Bank, Cerberus Capital Management now has ultimate control of HSBC’s French retail bank. Former UniCredit banker Niccolò Ubertalli is running the new business, and reveals a very different strategy to the private equity company’s German-speaking antecedents in European banking.

Dominic O’Neill, January 05, 2024

Financial risk assessment / portfolio risk management and protection concept : Businessman holds a white umbrella, protects a dollar bag on basic balance scale, defends money from being cheat or fraud

Treasury

Treasurers stick with money-market funds in uncertain environment

Proposed regulatory changes will not dull treasurers’ appetite for money-market funds, even if interest rates are cut more aggressively than expected.

Paul Golden, January 04, 2024

Awards for Excellence

Awards for Excellence 2023: Best bank in Korea – Hana Bank

Best Bank: Hana BankHana Bank wins this award for not only growing at a faster rate than its competitors but also for doing so in a way that doesn’t endanger its franchise in the long run.

January 03, 2024

Search results for