UBS Wealth Management voted best global private bank; private banks more bullish on revenues; hiring to increase.

Ana Botín and her team are taking advantage of Europe's restructuring of its banking sector

GDP growth expected to drive acceleration in credit demand; Santander Chile’s CFO expects BBVA to sell to Scotia.

The Single Resolution Board was wrong to wholly redact the Spanish bank’s valuation report but it will fight hard to keep its workings as opaque as possible.

The UK Treasury’s plan to boost SME banking competition by paying RBS customers to go elsewhere doesn’t make sense if they are simply pushed into the arms of another huge, global player.

The speed with which Santander took on Popular has boosted confidence in the recovery of Spain’s economy and banks, but what are the implications of its high provisions for Popular’s NPLs in a banking system still awash in problem loans?

Santander’s takeover of Banco Popular was certainly in the public interest, but did it break EU law?

Volume key for profitability as banking market normalizes; flurry of equity deals to fuel M&A and organic growth.

Short-term factors driving strong improvements in earnings and ROE; revenues the issue next year as credit demand remains weak.

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”.

A big depositor run in Spain spells trouble for some – but the country’s biggest bank thinks it has spotted an opportunity.

Renegotiated and restructured debt lengthening NPL cycle; Bradesco and Santander to benefit most from better cost of risk.

Euromoney names HSBC as the World’s Best Bank and Morgan Stanley as the World’s Best Investment Bank; UniCredit’s chief executive Jean Pierre Mustier wins Banker of the Year award.

Over the last year Latin American politics has bubbled over to dominate the region’s economies. Venezuela has been brought close to the edge of collapse by a dysfunctional populist regime that clings to power through the continuing loyalty of its military. The failure of Venezuela’s neighbours to produce a regional response to president Nicolas Maduro’s increasingly repressive regime reflects widespread problems of their own.

Austria’s best bank notched its best result to date last year on the back of a recovery in its emerging Europe operations. But while the group’s international network tended to grab the headlines, the domestic business also put in another strong showing.

The best bank transformation of the year award goes to Santander Brasil.

The Argentine banking system is beginning to return to a semblance of normality, with signs such as positive interest rates. But the road back to international standards is a long one. After many years of economic dysfunction and highly prescriptive banking regulations (including mandatory lending to segments and floors and caps on interest rates), it will take a long time for an orthodox banking sector to appear.

Two years into its small and medium-sized enterprise initiative, the bank is working hard at its focused sector offering. It is paying off.

Both AT1 and tier-2 investors lost everything when Banco Santander rescued Banco Popular, while senior bondholders were untouched. The rescue has shown that when banks in Europe get into trouble it is liquidity, not capital, that matters and that the fate of subordinated bondholders is anything but predictable.

The bank has lagged behind its retail-focused competitors in Europe and Latin America. That is changing, senior management say. The Spanish group is pursuing new growth and diversification – from fintech investments to core-banking experiments and new online platforms.

Credit Suisse switches to outperform rating; Santander expected to quickly close the profitability gap with its peers.

Santander Brasil lost out to rivals Itaú and Bradesco as other foreign banks put their businesses on the block. It might not be a bad thing. The bank is the momentum story in a tough market. But just how far can it grow?

More than 2,000 private banks took part in the 2017 Euromoney private banking survey. See who’s up and who’s down globally, regionally and by country.

The world seems to be turning away from globalization and towards protectionism. Yet despite this challenging environment for trade, the bankers who finance it remain surprisingly upbeat.

Santander’s buyback of its asset management arm seems characteristically erratic, but opportunism has its advantages.

Results index

While HSBC scores a notable double in Euromoney’s annual global rankings, the record response rate of almost 35,000 validated votes generated a host of changes at the upper end of our cash management survey. Regional banks move to the fore and some previous global leaders have dropped back.