Brazil: Financiers trade different experiences of the same country
First the positive bankers and traders: financial flows and assets have jumped in the last 14 months or so. The Bovespa has more than doubled as international investors have moved into one of the largest emerging markets. The rally has...
All change in Europe’s mid-market
In the post-Brexit vote uncertainty plaguing the UK, it is no surprise that mid-market bank lenders are being more cautious. Recent research from Alix Partners Corporate Finance reveals that the volume of lending by banks to mid-market borrowers in the...
Lofty green bond goals need to be global
One trillion dollars in green investments by 2020 – that is the goal Christiana Figueres, the UN’s former climate change chief, put forward again at the launch of the Green Bond Pledge in March. The pledge, developed by a range...
The known unknowns about Crédit Agricole
Big banks will always be criticised for their complexity, and French banks’ desire to be all things to all people makes them particularly prone to baffling complication. Crédit Agricole is probably the least fathomable in France – not just because...
Capital markets: The human factor
Last December, Euromoney wrote of the threat posed by automation to those who make their livelihood from the primary debt capital markets. An industry drive for lower cost and greater efficiency is coupling with regulatory pressure for transparent allocations to...
Regional and domestic trade growth prompted by more than protectionism
Asked for their views on the state of the current market, 61% of respondents thought countries were becoming more protectionist. Companies are looking towards their close neighbours to forge trade partnerships, with 74% of trade in Asia-Pacific and Europe being...
These are the eurozone’s next big bank mergers
M&A is the most radical of a chief executive’s choices. A strategic control graph – with bigger and higher-valued institutions to the top and right and smaller and cheaper institutions to the bottom left – shows the eurozone’s most likely...
CaixaBank brushes off Catalan crisis
Gonzalo Gortázar moved quickly to stem the risks to CaixaBank With its operational headquarters and heritage in Barcelona, CaixaBank is at the centre of the Catalan storm. This situation looked particularly worrying in October, when regional voters clashed with police...
Not the last thing: Where have all the bank leaders gone?
As of March 24, the US counted 1.4 school shootings a week so far this year, including the February Parkland massacre where 17 students and teachers were killed. For a while president Donald Trump looked like he might show his...
Trade finance pursuing institutional investor funds
With equity markets selling off again in March and risk-free rates declining once more, discovering any asset class with positive returns and a low default rate could be of interest to institutional investors. The Trade Finance: A Promising New Asset...
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