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As European bank consolidation finally gets under way, Euromoney looks at the financial firepower of the region’s top 20 players. Which banks are now best-placed to do the acquiring and which are at risk of being swallowed up?
For an IPO alternative designed not to give a first-day pop, liquidity is the real measure of success.
A pilot scheme taking place in Shenzhen this week offers a glimpse into China’s plans to build the world’s first national digital currency.
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Private banks are having a good pandemic, streaming Covid-themed webinars to high net-worth clients. Now they’re competing with each other to hire the biggest names in US politics to explain to wealthy investors what Trump or Biden will do. -
As Spain prepares to digest the €17 billion merger of CaixaBank and Bankia, Andalucían lender Unicaja has revived merger talks with rival Liberbank as it faces a threat to its regional dominance. While its community roots are an advantage, it also needs an answer to the calls for change
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HDFC’s Aditya Puri emphasises the importance of banking’s fundamentals
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Maya Prabhu, at JPMorgan Private Bank, explains how the UHNW world has changed
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UBS's Tom Naratil describes the mood among clients in this extraordinary year
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Fiona Reynolds, at Principles for Responsible Investment, takes a realistic approach to ESG
One intriguing sub-plot of a wild year in bank capital has been the advent of green AT1 and tier-2 deals.
JPMorgan named World’s Best Bank in Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2020; Goldman Sachs is the World’s Best Investment Bank; Brian Moynihan at Bank of America is named Banker of the Year; and HDFC’s Aditya Puri receives recognition for Lifetime Achievement.
