Will we look back in 30 years and say this was truly an amazing time to be in banking? I hope so.

Shareholder proposals to support policies around climate change mitigation have had some recent wins that deserve celebrating.

As part of Euromoney's 50th anniversary coverage, we profile some of the biggest names that we interviewed for our May Africa focus.

Africa has the largest number of refugees of any continent – in Uganda, many of them are economically active, while others are excluded from accessing basic banking products. Euromoney finds out how integrating refugees into the formal financial system could benefit the country.

A recent report from The Nature Conservancy and Encourage Capital aims to support demand for sustainable aquaculture and conservation finance.

The alphabet soup of multilaterals in the region has become hard to understand during the past decade, so Euromoney tries to read between the acronyms to assess what impact they will make.

Greater consideration has to be given to financing conservation. That includes questioning the financing of firms that produce pesticides and herbicides.

Euromoney and its sister publication GlobalCapital are conducting a worldwide survey on the fast-growing area of sustainable financing and investing. Both issuers and investors are invited to take part.

TNC aims for $1.6 billion impact of blue bonds by 2025; Morgan Stanley commits to financing plastic reduction for oceans.

Non-profit organization Virtual Enterprises International held its annual gala at Cipriani in New York City in April.

Italy’s biggest bank is offloading choice bits of its 60,000-strong art collection – in doing so it is going in a different direction to peers like Intesa Sanpaolo.

Firms are funding social and environmental projects on the one hand and fossil fuels on the other – it’s time to show they care.

JPMorgan Chase to stop financing private prisons; Aspiration shows values-based banking model.

The vexed battle to finance small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continues amid risk aversion, economic weakness, new regulations and banks’ balance-sheet repair. Here is a round-up of Euromoney's recent coverage.

I am delighted to see two large sustainable bond issues from US banks already this year.

$500 million bond for affordable housing and CDFI loans.

Banks hold a lot of art, but how can they justify owning valuable collections, which have no practical use, when their previous extravagances have left their stakeholders in such pain?

Wealth management was built by men for men, but now that women will become the largest beneficiaries of the $30 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer, the industry needs to overhaul itself. If it doesn’t, it will be letting down more than just its female clients.

Looking back over 50 years, it is surprising how finance has changed its role in protest.

US bank taps European market for €1 billion deal.

To bring about fundamental change and to find long-lasting solutions, isn’t always pretty and it is certainly not always a win-win in the financial sense.

The utility’s sustainability performance will partly determine the cost of servicing its new bank credit line, with any savings going to charity.

Over the last two years, Bank of America has been overhauling its low-to-moderate income business, redesigning branches and products, improving employee retention and working with community partners, but will the bank get the credit its actions deserve?

Thirty-year mortgages on houses in cyclone, wildfire, flood and drought zones? Systemic risk is building.

At the tail end of 2018, banks still seem to be a long way from equality.

A new generation of digital products has slashed the cost of remittances and helped the unbanked meet short-term household or business liquidity needs, but there has been a downside.

Environmental and social issues not separate; BlackRock still not voting on climate reporting.

$2.4 billion in dedicated mandates; expectations to reach $20 billion to $30 billion by 2023.

Founders claim existing meat-production business model at risk from stranded assets as interest in meat-free diet grows.

Research, research and more research is needed for investors to navigate the complex world of ESG and SDG investing.