Even before this year’s banking failures, the coming of Basel IV was already set to hike bank capital requirements – and so further boost SRT trades.

Bankers are hopeful that they may soon be able to issue new AT1 deals again as the secondary market recovers from the Credit Suisse write-down.

Extreme FX volatility is proving a challenge for some finance directors who are struggling to minimize the impact on their bottom line.

The standardized approach for counterparty credit risk has not yet proved to be the catalyst for greater use of clearing in the FX market that some expected.

Most leading providers of trade finance have welcomed changes to disclosure rules despite research suggesting they could negatively impact demand.

Inflation is not beaten and rates may rise further. But high-grade bonds can still provide steady income and low risk, playing a new old role in investor portfolios.

As interest rate volatility persists, corporates are taking a hard look at their trade finance options.

Leading firms join a new network of networks, but crypto natives see just another walled garden.

Recent developments in crypto have hardened the view that convergence between digital and fiat currency trading structures is both inevitable and desirable.

UBS’s acquisition of Credit Suisse will further reduce the number of large international private banks in Brazil. Julius Baer has been quick to take advantage of this.

The banking sector appears to be quietly confident that the European Commission will row back on new regulation that, if enacted, could notably increase the cost of some trade-finance instruments.

The big transaction banks are becoming increasingly active in the B2B marketplace as they seek to cash in on corporate digital transformation.

The acquisitive fintech group reckons it can accelerate the transition from legacy FX technology by making it easier for tech firms to get their products to market.

Growing treasury demand for advisory services from banks suggests that investment in predictive analytics applications at the latter is starting to bear fruit.

The French investment bank is taking a bet on a double-edged blockchain technology to stay ahead of both the tokenization and sustainability trends.

The French bank joins HSBC, DBS and others in setting up a full-service wealth management offering in the stable southeast Asian country, with all transactions booked in nearby Singapore.

Standard Chartered’s new chief sustainability officer is not shying away from the reality of what the energy transition looks like in emerging markets.

Marketplace lending providers are pinning their hopes on challenging economic conditions to persuade investors that they can disrupt the lending market.

Disagreement over where US interest rates are going has split opinion on overall prospects for emerging market currencies.

Turkish airline Pegasus hopes an innovative funding solution tied to sustainability targets will help it increase capacity despite challenging market conditions.

With the advent of its strategic alliance with Japan’s Mizuho Financial, Lombard Odier now has wealth management tie-ups in seven Asia countries, with the promise of more to come.

Central limit order book venues have done well during the past 12 months, but it would be premature to view this as a permanent shift in trading preference.

Twinco Capital facilitates access to sustainable funding by focusing on pre-production finance.

Rising interest rates have driven demand for more efficient liquidity structures.

Risk-sharing mechanisms could help drive confidence in the voluntary carbon market, but insurance products are scarce.

As soon as the ink was dry on the agreement to take over Credit Suisse, UBS chairman Colm Kelleher rushed to bring ex-CEO Sergio Ermotti back to run the bank and the deal. Execution risk is off the charts, and the nerves of shareholders, employees and taxpayers are jangling.

Business-to-business buy-now-pay-later providers are optimistic that economic uncertainty and higher interest rates will drive corporates to pay suppliers sooner and secure inventory more rapidly.

As well as higher capital requirements for regional US banks, the policy response to the Silicon Valley Bank collapse will likely include increasing the Deposit Insurance Fund, which bigger banks will have to pay for.

Big foreign-exchange banks are focussing on enhanced functionality to promote greater use of single-dealer platforms.

HSBC’s global head of trade finance talks about how the bank has built 'the trade finance platform for the future'.