Warren Buffett can take his pick from public companies with beaten down stock prices at the moment, but he may be interested in buying privately held Bloomberg.

Investors, governments and central bankers are using new sources of data to understand the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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.

UPDATED March 20: Corporate bond market volatility returned with a vengeance in early March as the coronavirus struck. Will the growth in ETFs, together with advances in portfolio trading, mean the market is better able to cope with crisis than before?

True innovators look for new data points to predict delinquency, as traditional credit raters load more transaction history into their scoring models.

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.

JPMorgan doesn’t do things by halves; it has just moved almost everyone at the top of its investment bank and created what amounts to an internal boutique.

Should spirituality be one of the lenses through which the wealthy manage their money? Faith-based investors certainly think so. Euromoney talks to funds and wealth advisers who believe that positive energy or religion-driven strategies can bring enhanced returns.

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

The 150-year old bank looked inspired by Apple.

The investment bank will no longer IPO firms without diverse directors.

The investment banking co-head is proud of his RoE, while the securities team seems subdued about the task ahead.

In applying for exemption to the requirement to disclose an ETF’s portfolio, Goldman Sachs joins a small group of firms testing a new approach.

Expect the unexpected with the former PM at a Vegas bunfight.

FASB chair grilled by US lawmakers over implementation cost of new accounting rules.

Dealmakers are optimistic about a pick-up in large deals and outbound M&A from Europe this year, but the need for regional consolidation is more urgent.

Calm in the money markets over the new year will not silence growing calls for the Federal Reserve to provide a standing repo facility.

The premium price for its acquisition of Plaid shows Visa’s determination not to be left behind in the fintech-led transformation gathering pace across financial services.

The global bank has refreshed its senior management but needs to start demonstrating its platform can deliver best-in-class returns.

The world-leading bank aims to stay big with long-term investments, no matter what difficult conditions the market throws up.

Backed by a powerful domestic franchise, Bank of America is performing well through turbulent markets.

The investment bank’s move into new business lines is proving tougher and more expensive than expected.

Italy’s biggest bank has surpassed expectations; higher dividends and share buy-backs could maintain its appeal.

With wealth management outperforming even its senior management’s expectations, the US firm is looking to build in other areas.

After a stellar year for emerging market bonds in 2019, the world’s largest EM bond house says returns don’t look so rosy for 2020.

Exchange-traded funds (ETF) replication together with growing automation could be set to transform bond market liquidity.

The US firm is cutting just under 2% of its workforce, a reflection of what could be coming in 2020.