The Federal Reserve’s expanded bond buying commitment underscores that the safest hedge at the moment is a security that can be sold to a government.

The Fed has provided abundant financial support to the core government bond markets to little effect and may now need to ease rules on dealer banks.

In giving aid to the US, the Jack Ma Foundation has an important message for Trump: close borders to contain a virus, not to contain China.

The economic collapse now spreading as fast as the coronavirus requires credit channels to be kept open, but it needs precious funding to flow through them even more.

As the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis mounts, banks are finally being heard on negative rates, but that might not be a good thing.

A double shock of Covid-19 and falling oil prices brings the spectre of recession to the Gulf, while efforts to diversify economies are being derailed.

The virtue of private capital is that it can withstand short-term volatility in valuations of assets held for the long term – and now is the time to prove that.

The recent collapse in the oil price and Nigeria's (lack of) reaction to it echoes the way the country dealt with the crisis in 2015. Repetition of the same mistakes will only cause harm for Africa's largest economy.

There are legitimate criticisms of pandemic bonds, but the lunatic conspiracy theories online amid the coronavirus panic are damaging; the World Bank’s failure to refute them clearly is a mistake.

Recent years have been challenging for market doomsayers, with big equity markets steadily rising and volatility dampened across asset classes. The spread of the coronavirus and understandable fear of its impact has given a boost to professional controversialists.

Freshly empowered European bank chairmen are making perplexing lurches as they search for new chief executives. A random CEO generator might help.

The cryptocurrency has surged in 2020, as investors worry that coronavirus-exposed equity and bond markets are set to crash.

Turkey’s strong private-sector banks are its biggest asset – undermining their profitability for short-term political gain will prove counterproductive.

It has taken the climate crisis to bring our collective focus onto the role of financing and the role of banks.

The big acquisition makes strategic sense as a bet on convergence between high net-worth financial advisory and self-directed trading, but M&A deals can founder on culture.

Taking the top job at UBS is a great move for ING chief Ralph Hamers, but it’s less obvious for UBS.

What was Italy’s biggest bank is giving free rein to Intesa Sanpaolo in Italy, making CEO Carlo Messina’s crown even more secure.

DP World is planning to delist from the Nasdaq Dubai in a move that directly contradicts the UAE’s efforts to improve liquidity and diversity in its domestic exchanges.

Distressed buyers could face a labour of Hercules in establishing projected recoveries for Greece’s new NPL securitization scheme.

If Credit Suisse's board felt able to fire a chief executive who was not personally involved in spying, how will Barclays respond if its own CEO falls foul of a personal regulatory probe?

Christine Lagarde’s strategic review should usher in new targets and new tools at the European Central Bank, as the risks to growth rise and negative rates become counter-productive.

The country needs to raise up to $4.5 billion in the international markets this year – and it won’t be easy.

XP has been outperforming even its most optimistic analysts’ projections in recent quarters.

As birth rates fall and the UAE government looks at ways to spur population growth, private equity firms see opportunities in IVF.

There were many things declared at Davos this year that would lead us to believe that sustainability is now embedded in every decision a bank or investment manager makes. Here are some great examples that show 2020 is starting on a positive track.

The Federal Reserve’s current balance sheet expansion is handing trading profits to big banks.

If the reversal rate is lower elsewhere, Italy and Germany can’t blame the ECB.

For all the detail, the firm's long-awaited investor day doesn't end the questions about its strategy

Some organizations, drawn in by irresistible fees, can’t resist working with high-risk clients – but technology might offer a solution.

The process of financial digitalization has been a challenge for journalists covering Brazil’s banking sector.