Capital markets volumes show how well the industry has adapted since the coronavirus crisis began, but as economies emerge from lockdown, bankers and their clients need to look much further ahead.
Central bank intervention has delayed the deluge of insolvency that Covid-19 lockdowns will cause, but it can only plug the dike for so long.
Companies never want to sell equity at rock bottom prices, but bank lenders will often only relax covenants and hold off seizing assets if new capital comes in below them.
Banks have to prepare for crises; if investors won’t make companies do the same, should someone else?
Capital markets bankers and their clients are finding that a lot can be done from home; as lockdowns ease, travel will matter more than offices.
Amid the wild price swings and surging volumes in bond and equity markets that characterized the first phase of the pandemic, traders just about coped while working from home.
For wealthy clients, the Covid-19 crisis has afforded an opportunity to test the asset-allocation advice and lending capabilities of their wealth managers
Fears that the Covid-19 virus might live on banknotes and coins has focused public attention on once esoteric experiments with central bank digital currency.
Over $30 trillion has been invested in environmental social and governance (ESG) themed assets.
Across the globe, cities are growing at an unprecedented rate and are now home to the majority of the world’s population.
The saga of ESG data looks promising, but the questions about its usefulness for investors drag on.
US users see weaknesses in transaction cost analysis and order management integration.
FX trading algorithms are getting smarter at dealing with crises – and getting more popular as a result.
Virtual meetings have afforded women greater visibility during the Covid-19 crisis, but little to nothing has happened. Will things finally start to change in the financial sector?
Covid-19 has refocused attention on the urgent need to address long-term structural healthcare issues in Africa. Investors are now looking to put money to work in healthcare and banks are seeing an uptick in demand for project financing.
Fears that the Covid-19 virus might live on banknotes and coins has focused public attention on once esoteric experiments with central bank digital currency.
As credit losses hit banks hard over the next three quarters, one large failure could spark a systemic crisis.
After a slow start, the processing of CBILS loans has picked up.
Euromoney is making changes to this year's Awards for Excellence programme to reflect the impact of Covid-19; see new guidelines, dates and categories here
We ask respondents to indicate their top providers of cash management, and separately to offer detailed customer satisfaction rankings of providers based on their delivery of essential services.
The CEE region has coped well with managing the coronavirus pandemic, but will be severely tested by falling tourism, rising debts and political instability.
