Are we missing a trick by not tweaking tried-and-true instruments for sustainable finance? Can we talk more broadly about commercial viability? And then, of course, there’s Goldman Sachs.

The smooth chief executive transition at Goldman Sachs will increase scrutiny on the potential succession to Jamie Dimon at JPMorgan.

Cryptocurrencies are still not legal in Russia for now, but that isn’t stopping businesses from preparing to take hold of the future.

Any slowdown in the economy of the country that consumes so much local output will bring short-term pain and should be a long-term warning.

If JPMorgan CFO Marianne Lake becomes the banker most likely to succeed Jamie Dimon as chief executive before mysteriously deciding to pursue interests outside the group, she will be in good company.

French, let alone Italian, banks should not gloat. Germany’s banking problem is theirs too, and neither domestic mergers nor French-led acquisitions will solve it.

Sale offers relief from share price dip.

The first refugee investment impact bond is poised to launch in 2019.

The country has the right to join, yet EU leaders are stalling.

Restricting Itaú’s purchase of XP is good for competition.

Retail investors are pulling out of ETFs – or are they?

Bradesco Asset Management is the third-largest asset manager in Brazil, with R$600 billion AuM. In March, it appointed a new chief executive with an equities background. Is this a sign of where the organization expects the money to go?

Saad Azhari has quietly ushered in a new era at Blom Bank. The outwardly conservative firm has embraced technology and pulled off a transformative acquisition for its wholesale business. But prudence remains the watchword in such a tempestuous market.

Can a failing frontier markets brokerage transform itself into a full-service investment bank? Duncan Wales, head of Exotix, believes it can be done through the creation of a global partnership network – and so does his backer, Icap founder Michael Spencer.

Berenberg wants to transform itself from a German firm to a European one with a UK mindset, before eventually taking on Wall Street. Partners Hans-Walter Peters and Hendrik Riehmer are convinced the old merchant banking model can be modernized, but can they avoid the pitfalls of rapid expansion?

It took an outsider to turn around Credit Suisse, to force executives and shareholders to accept that they had been following a false dream of a trading-dominated business that could somehow avoid blow-ups and produce acceptable returns.

There’s a rush to find an alternative to ‘ibors’, but with just three years to go before banks might stop submitting Libor altogether, regulators and market participants are still trying to figure out the right questions to ask.

US asset manager sets sights on Germany with new direct lending fund.

Deutsche Bank is showing it can cut leverage exposure in its corporate and investment bank without slashing revenues. It has a long way to go in its pursuit of acceptable returns, but the new management team is demonstrating an early determination to deliver.

While analysts focus on net interest margins and the turning credit cycle, there is an extraordinary risk hiding in plain sight.

The British challenger needs to be more realistic about its future, with Brexit and other risks ahead.

The announcement on Thursday that Shemara Wikramanayake will replace Nicholas Moore as CEO of Macquarie Group in November is significant for two reasons.

A strong quarter for UBS contained a few of the usual curiosities in the investment bank.

A new rule change will require Chinese banks to recognize more loans as impaired, but while big lenders will sail through, there’s trouble at the smaller end of town.

The case for smaller deals is clear, but pressure is building higher up the food chain as well.

It had the right strategy, the right management and the right customers, so why couldn’t Techcombank and its advisers get the right price on its recent IPO?

Private real estate debt is growing, as is the range of approaches that funds are taking to this asset class.

The first dual-class deal in Hong Kong; the intended first Chinese depositary receipt: Xiaomi’s IPO was not short of landmark intentions, but only some were delivered.

Before taking the top job at the Philippine central bank, Nestor Espenilla Jr was known for his toughness on financial crime – now he says he is enabling the banking system to go from strength to strength… providing it sticks to the rules.

New policies, new hope – the Malaysian election has lots of positives, but not for anyone who is seen as having been a Najib acolyte. For them, the axe is already falling.