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Now that inflation has returned to Europe, but the economy is looking delicate, we will find out exactly how 'data-driven' Draghi's governing council really is.

Does it matter if a green bond becomes separated from the green assets that underlie it? The link keeps the issuer honest — but shouldn’t the green bond market be doing more than that?

For all the talk of a deluge of tech IPOs soon hitting the Asian (and especially Hong Kong) markets, the performance of new listings and investor appetite there both remain decidedly subdued, writes Clawback columnist Philippe Espinasse.

The banking and insurance regulator moves to level the playing field for international banks, Xiaomi publishes its prospectus for the inaugural China Depository Receipt (CDR) listing, Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) launch an information sharing system for onshore green bonds.

An asset manager lists ETF tracking onshore Chinese treasury and policy bank bonds, Schroders launches private fund in the mainland to target the domestic equity market, and China’s foreign exchange reserves shrink by 0.46%.

The banking and insurance regulator publicises performance of controlling the trust sector’s fast growth, FX watchdog’s chief reiterates the need to forestall risk when opening up China’s capital account, and officials name internet security as a key plank in their policy programmes.

A year on from the collapse Banco Popular, the public should have much greater transparency about the bank resolution process in Europe.

On the anniversary of the resolution of Banco Popular, GlobalCapital takes a look at the issues raised by this important first test of the EU's Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD).

Last week, I had the pleasure of taking a short trip back to the UK for a banker friend’s wedding. The weather was as perfect as a London spring day can be, and I was happy to get away from the usual work grumblings of bankers at the pub.

As banks struggle with tracking brokerage costs, they need to work out ways to properly manage cost transparency by normalising their trade data.

China has had a busy fortnight in capital reform, with its long-awaited entry into MSCI, and progress in plans for Chinese firms to list in London and Frankfurt. Yet it is becoming clear that regulators should focus on Hong Kong links, rather than opening up new markets.

The sell-off in Italy’s equity and debt markets in the lead-up to the creation of a new Italian government shows that investors are nervy about the euroscepticism of its new law makers, but Europe also has a part to play in ensuring that markets don't end up in straits such as the sovereign debt crisis of 2009-12.