I don’t know why at first, but watching Donald Trump tell Fox News in October that because the value of the US stock market has risen by $5.2 trillion since he became president that “maybe in a sense, we are reducing the debt” makes me feel warm inside.

US bank enters UK retail just as BoE raises alarm on consumer credit.

And the big three – State Street, JPMorgan and BNY Mellon – will only be stronger.

As research departments become revenue earners, their coverage universe will become a crucial part of the business strategy.

Why being positive on Chinese macro and the big four banks, but bearish on the rest of the financial sector, is not a contradiction in terms.

As more retail and high-net-worth investors embrace cryptocurrency, lightly structured delta-one synthetics now allow institutional investors to allocate to a new asset class.

The UK Treasury’s plan to boost SME banking competition by paying RBS customers to go elsewhere doesn’t make sense if they are simply pushed into the arms of another huge, global player.

The departure of SoFi founder Mike Cagney as CEO should serve as a warning against believing the hype about fintech firms without testing the self-interested assertions of their managers.

It is a truism that technology is set to transform banking.

In the month when Jamie Dimon dismissed cryptocurrency as a fraud, there was a string of new breakthroughs in banking on blockchain and Euromoney caught first sight of a crypto investment bank.

The repolonization of the country’s banking sector may have hit its limit, but are foreign banks still interested?

Santander’s takeover of Banco Popular was certainly in the public interest, but did it break EU law?

China is leveraging its middle class to clean up its banks – an approach rife with moral hazard.

Its mixed ownership reform cannot be applied to other SOEs.

One large bank bailout may be seen as a misfortune; two certainly raise some questions.

Lots of people seem to be worrying about emerging markets (EMs) – and no wonder.

Aside from the regulatory pains put forward as a reason for Barclays’ departure from Africa, there are other reasons why African banks are much better at serving local clients today.

It is almost 50 years since Euromoney was born with the wholesale international capital markets, to chronicle their evolution and that of the institutions that serve them. Today, the growth of banking and finance is now arguably at its most exciting, most important – and least exposed – in Africa.

Banks are hopeful that the Trump administration might finally get something done.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has decided to steer clear of corporate bonds, which will help it to avoid the reputational traps that loom for some other large investors.

Many asset managers have opted to pay for research under Mifid II, but exactly what those costs will be is still unclear.

Global finance needs to believe in the progress it can drive to meet environmental challenges.

Hurricanes, electric cars and pollution rules are bringing volatility back to the commodity markets.

Big banks have the scale to fund new digital platforms but also face the high cost of maintaining legacy IT.

If European bond investors want to protect against rising rates, they must first put on more risk.

Qatar’s financial sector might not be the only one to struggle under a blockade imposed on the country since June by a coalition of Middle Eastern states.

The big banks underestimate ‘big tech’ at their peril.

It’s right to adopt a stance of scepticism over banks’ commitments to environmental, social and governance standards, but it’s people, not corporations, who pilot changes in course, and Euromoney is in a privileged position to witness such changes first-hand.

To solve the world’s problems will take coordination between NGOs, governments and the private sector – banks should not shy away.

President Mauricio Macri’s success in Argentina’s primary elections suggests that his gradualist approach to reform might be the right strategy after all.