Three presidents in a month isn’t enough to deter buyers of the country’s century bond.

SCB pays the price for its Royal connections.

Jean Pierre Mustier and António Horta-Osório join Tidjane Thiam as the outsiders who rescued national champions before departing.

Trade deal brings together 15 Asian nations; banks jostle to benefit.

The recent wave of M&A has left behind weaker banks such as Banco BPM, Sabadell and, above all, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. Jean Pierre Mustier’s exit from UniCredit shows why.

In January, the US will usher in a new president and new era in climate policy and green finance.

Investors and analysts had expected an insider to succeed António Horta-Osório, but new CEO Charlie Nunn could still be a continuity candidate when he is allowed to take his post.

Goldman Sachs should surely take its drone warfare to the next level.

Pre-2008 M&A mistakes still stand in the way of a bolder bank purchase such as Banco BPM.

Euromoney’s futurologist Mystic Maca gets on a Zoom call with next year, when markets return to a version of normality.

The bond market could be the answer to financing better preparedness for the next global pandemic.

Selling its US bank to PNC fixes BBVA’s capital problem and allows it to consolidate in Spain. Arch-rival Santander’s similar troubles may be harder to solve.

A global green recovery is still a distant ambition, but leadership across sectors is slowly coming together.

As the world cheered news of a potential Covid-19 vaccine in early November, important steps were being taken on equitable manufacture and distribution as well.

Ralph Hamers’ project to centralize ING’s operations was flawed from the outset. Scrapping it is sensible, but a mark against his legacy.

November 2020

November 2020

A new book concludes that the rules for trading EM FX and fixed income have successfully survived Covid.

The decision by Chinese regulators to postpone – and potentially derail for good – Ant Group’s world-record-breaking IPO is a seismic one. It leaves no one looking good, particularly the Hangzhou-based fintech firm, and raises many more questions than it answers.

Brazil’s central bank launches a free instant-payments tool.

One of the biggest capital markets stories this year has been the rise of social bonds.

One of the solutions to the looming sovereign debt crisis could be to link financing to natural capital or climate adaptation.

The sheer weight of investor demand for sovereign issuance means that the UK government could be warming up to the idea of a green gilt.

Arguments over the definition of impact miss the point in a rapidly growing market.

Who says the little guys always lose out?

As sovereigns around the world rack up record deficits, better management of public assets could be the answer.

The firm is pushing the idea that velocity management can drive sustainable growth for its global markets business. But will investors view this as an updated version of proprietary trading?

The Vatican can build on its successful credit default swap exposure to Hertz and other corporates by going long a new ESG synthetic index.

In a year of shocks and surprises, it’s hard to say where Mexico’s economic and financial performance ranks – but it’s up there.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder as rare deal attracts blue-chip names