China’s Belt and Road Initiative is trumpeted as a ‘win-win’ for all, but is it everything it’s cracked up to be? Or are countries on its route, wary of Beijing’s motives and fearful of being trapped by debt to China’s big development banks, losing faith in the plan?
The successor to Mario Draghi as president of the European Central Bank (ECB) may provide more support than expected to corporate credit markets if borrowing conditions deteriorate.
Which bank chief executives are raising a glass to a successful 12 months? How are the newcomers to the party settling in? Who’s hiding in the corner, drowning their sorrows? And will 2019 be a year of feast or famine? Euromoney reveals all in its progress reports for the Class of 2018
Warning sirens are sounding about the level of debt Djibouti owes to China for Belt and Road projects.
A string of jumbo strategic corporate deals made 2018 one of the busiest years ever in M&A, but falling equity markets, slowing economies, rising debt costs and geopolitical uncertainties have now dimmed the outlook severely.
For the first month of our celebration, former editors tell their own story of Euromoney through the lens of the articles that stand out from their tenure.
By PETER LEE
With new voting FOMC members queuing up to proclaim their reluctance to raise rates further, it only remains to be seen how flexible the Fed will be on balance-sheet reduction.
By CHRIS WRIGHT
New penalties from China’s bank regulator suggest a firmer stance on trying to bury bad debts, but it’s not just a bludgeoning.
By KANIKA SAIGAL
From payments to full retail banking services, tech companies are encroaching on the banking space.
By DOMINIC O’NEILL
Scandals and losses are ending the co-dependency between European banks and retail shareholders, highlighting the conflict of interest in relying on depositors for capital – and showing up a barrier to Europe’s new bail-in framework.
Which bank chief executives are raising a glass to a successful 12 months? How are the newcomers to the party settling in? Who’s hiding in the corner, drowning their sorrows? And will 2019 be a year of feast or famine? Euromoney reveals all in its progress reports for the Class of 2018
By ERIC ELLIS
With five prime ministers and five treasurers in six years, Australia’s top two political offices have been likened to an AirBnB short-let, but with an election looming, can the new treasurer Josh Frydenberg keep his surging opponent Chris Bowen from again becoming the country’s top economic policymaker?
A statement concerning Euromoney's coverage in Latin America
By DOMINIC O’NEILL
As Mifid II and shrinking margins pile pressure on single-country firms in Europe, Kepler Cheuvreux is an equities mirror for how Amundi has grown a multi-local asset management platform.
By LUCY FITZGEORGE-PARKER
A swingeing new bank tax in Romania is inequitable, misconceived and just plain dumb.
By LOUISE BOWMAN
Any bank with a gross NPL ratio of 27.5% has a problem – Italy’s Banca Carige can’t avoid insolvency unless it comes up with a radical solution, fast.
With strong GDP continuing, global investor risk moderated in 2018, according to Euromoney’s country risk survey – but analysts are poised for a bumpy ride in 2019.
Voted for by more than 7000 treasury professionals, find out which banks rank top in the Euromoney Trade Finance Survey 2019
After a poor 2018, the new year has hardly begun any more propitiously, with the lira succumbing to further currency pressure.
