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Outsiders struggling to make sense of the investing tactics of SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son can take some comfort: his own directors often seem just as puzzled.

Treasurers are naturally cautious investors, but in a time of low returns they are being pushed towards riskier opportunities.

Comments made by the US regulator at an FX industry event in Miami in February have raised the hackles of some market participants over the thorny issue of ghost or phantom liquidity.

Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein wants to remind everyone of the importance of non-static resource commitments – and how they can move in both directions.

Blackstone-owned GSO Capital’s provision of financing for building firm Hovnanian, on condition that it defaults on debt in order to trigger a payout on default swaps, highlights the reputational risks for investors as they supplant banks in setting the agenda for the credit markets.

The recent disclosure that rare wine worth more than $1.2 million was stolen from Goldman Sachs co-president David Solomon, allegedly by a personal assistant, raises questions about which other Wall Street titans may have suffered the indignity of losses they would rather not discuss.

With just under half of Bank of America’s staff reporting to her, Cathy Bessant is one of the most powerful people in banking. She sees technology now developing faster than banks’ ability to implement it – or work out what to do with it – and believes cyber security to be the most important challenge of all.

Big data concerns and growing protectionism mean many Chinese deals will stumble.

Changes to the US corporate tax code are aimed at driving more onshore investment. For treasurers, this will mean reassessing their current global cash management structures.

The spectre of collusion may not hang over the US wealth industry for much longer.

Initiatives designed to attract investment to conservation got a boost at the end of the year.

Blankfein still needs to fix FICC, but the firm has other challenges

Under Brian Moynihan, responsible growth is starting to look exciting

US firm is firing on all cylinders - even if its returns are nothing to write home about

Stock buybacks are a landmark moment in Citi's resurgence

No one doubts JPMorgan's global influence, but it still needs to fill some holes in its corporate bank

Outgoing chief executive was determined to leave HSBC without the deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) continuing to loom over the bank’s entire business and reputation.

It has been over 10 years since the start of the global financial crisis, which means we are overdue another one.

Jon ‘Mystic Mac’ Macaskill looks ahead at possible highlights for markets in 2018.

Investor Access, the electronic book-building initiative run by US-based fintech Ipreo, celebrated its first year of operation in early November with some healthy usage statistics.

After a surprise move to make reports more transparent in the US, investors will finally have the chance to scrutinize some auditors’ decisions

The 2017 US proxy voting season was historic: the world’s two largest asset managers backed shareholder resolutions on climate-risk disclosure. BlackRock and Vanguard, with $10 trillion in AuM between them, are becoming more transparent about their voting. They will play a crucial role in the future of ESG.

WisdomTree Investments is the latest acquirer of an ETF specialist looking to boost its credentials in smart beta, even as analysts urge end-investors to question the validity of this new so-called asset class.

SEC action just delays a final reckoning on the rules.

Banks face lawsuits over pay inequity as regulators now take diversity into their own hands.

The conviction of former HSBC trader Mark Johnson for front-running a customer FX order could transform the way dealers hedge client trades – and how they communicate with each other.

Banks’ third-quarter results show fixed income trading still depressed and CIB revenues mostly down, but UBS is looking remarkably perky, especially in equity capital markets. What’s up?

From integration to level playing fields: the discussions at this year’s IIF meetings in Washington were dominated by talk of combating divergence. Other familiar complaints were still present, but the overall tone was less fearful than in 2016.

Bankers see European capital markets union as more needed than ever to help drive growth in the region, but are fretting about slow progress and a scope some feel is too narrow – however, an EU official attending the Institute of International Finance meetings in Washington defended the bloc’s approach.