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Ghana

Banks in Ghana have faced a difficult couple of years thanks to the government of Ghana’s debt default and domestic debt exchange programme announced in November 2022.

July 19, 2024

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic president Luis Abinader’s election win was good news for state-controlled bank Banreservas because it ensures stability in senior management, led by the bank’s president Samuel Pereyra, at a time when it is on something of a roll.

July 19, 2024

Treasury

Commodity hedging on the rise as elevated prices persist

The disconnect between global economic growth and commodity prices is focusing treasurers’ minds on hedging exposures to everything from cocoa to cobalt.

Paul Golden, July 18, 2024

Opinion

US regional bank stocks surge while CRE risks grow

S&P’s regional bank index has just pushed past its March 10, 2023, level, reflecting where these stocks were immediately before the collapse of SVB last year. Those stocks are rising sharply and investors are seeing huge profits, so is this a sign that regional banks have finally emerged from their crisis?

Rob Dwyer, July 18, 2024

BANKING

HSBC’s Georges Elhedery: Lucky man

HSBC’s choice of a new CEO to replace Noel Quinn was long flagged. Elhedery’s fortune is to be handed the reins of power in an extended period of calm for the UK lender, which benefited immensely from Quinn’s calm stoicism. But deteriorating Sino-US relations mean that turbulence for the London- and Hong Kong-listed lender is sure to return.

Elliot Wilson, July 18, 2024

Treasury

HSBC’s big bet on trade finance

The bank is targeting the often-overlooked service sector with structured solutions, along with identifying embedded finance as a fast-growing segment. With the launch of Global Trade Solutions, it goes beyond traditional product offerings and financing.

Larissa Ku, July 17, 2024

CAPITAL MARKETS

Temasek bets big on India as it steps back from China

The Singapore state-owned fund has unveiled plans to invest $10 billion in India and to plough more capital into the US and Japan. At the same time, it is quietly retreating from China, once its largest investment market, but now beset by underperforming capital markets, weak growth and bleak consumption data.

Elliot Wilson, July 17, 2024

Opinion

The future for China’s banks is in São Paulo, not Shanghai

President Xi Jinping’s ‘great rebalancing’ is creating a two-speed China: one a stodgy economy; the other full of export-focused corporate superstars. To serve the latter, China’s banks must invest overseas by buying assets or opening branches – and they need to do so fast.

Elliot Wilson, July 17, 2024

Opinion

Why Dickson’s jump from Citi is a great move for him

Tyler Dickson’s departure from Citi must rank as one of the most predictable moves in investment banking this year, even if where he has ended up is perhaps less obvious. Elsewhere, Citadel Securities is apparently set to make an offer that some of the Street might find difficult to refuse.

Mark Baker, July 12, 2024

Treasury

Banks can take advantage of BNPL turmoil

Bankruptcies in the buy-now-pay-later market, together with tighter regulation, present an opportunity for banks to steal a march on pure-play providers.

Paul Golden, July 11, 2024

BANKING

SocGen moves beyond French troubles in CIB

France’s political and banking troubles obscure good momentum in Societe Generale’s corporate and investment bank. Yes, capital is constrained, but the bank says it is moving in the right direction.

Dominic O’Neill, July 11, 2024

BANKING

UBS sale of China JV to Beijing fund a setback for Citadel Securities

The bank’s decision to sell a large minority stake in Credit Suisse’s former China JV to BSAM, a Beijing-based fund it has known for decades, is a setback for Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities. The US firm is still committed to expanding in China’s troubled market.

Elliot Wilson, July 10, 2024

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