As Stuart Gulliver’s time as chief executive of HSBC runs down, the moment has come to acknowledge his achievement in managing the remarkable transformation of one of the world’s biggest, most complex banks.

The investment bank has come through more than a decade of difficulties to become the momentum firm on Wall Street once again.

One year after its humiliating withdrawal from European equities, Nomura’s international businesses are humming.

Quantitative easing has been the defining monetary policy innovation of the 21st century.

The economy is on the mend and it is high time the raters take notice.

Recently emerged challenger banks are taking advantage of new regulations to team up with multiple third-party payment service providers (TPPs) to gain a slice of the customer’s business they would otherwise not have access to.

BNP Paribas (BNPP) is the latest bank to be fined by US regulators over misconduct in its FX business.

While economists debate the likely path to reduction in the European Central Bank’s (ECB) swollen €4.2 trillion balance sheet, debt capital markets investors continue to buy long-dated bonds from sovereign, supranational and agency issuers.

View results of the Asiamoney Best Brands in Finance Poll 2017 here.

Euromoney magazine has released the results of its 39th annual foreign exchange ranking, the most comprehensive quantitative and qualitative annual study available on the FX markets.

Euromoney’s country risk survey shows disparate risk trends emerging in Q1 2017 as leading economists and political experts reassess their views on asset safety in the wake of changing commodity prices, currencies and populist political trends.

More than 2,000 private banks took part in the 2017 Euromoney private banking survey.

Implementation of global standard will lead to higher tier-1 capital levels; banks well capitalized but predictions of sovereign downgrades cloud outlook.

Spreads at multi-year lows as demand remains buoyant; Investors reverse underweight positions.

Morocco’s Banque Centrale Populaire has entered into negotiations with Bank of Kigali to acquire a minority stake in the Rwandan bank.

Bank’s IB division up to third in rankings in first half of 2017; IB head Leao says there is “still a lot more to come”.