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Mark Carney is neither rockstar nor traitor, but with any luck, he'll be a safe pair of hands for sterling over the remains of his term as Bank of England governor. Nonetheless, his recent treatment at the hands of the baying Brexit mob shows the new British disposition at its very worst.

Tobacco firms are ramping up their presence in the e-cigarette business — whether by purchasing existing producers or developing their own products — as smokers slowly shift towards what most experts agree is the healthier alternative of vaping. But could the big companies fund their digital switchover with a debt product not unlike a green bond?

In this week’s chapter we offer an olive branch to a contact who has been the focus of much negative attention as a result of some risky cycling. The Ranger would also like to raise a toast to a dear colleague who has recently left.

The poll to decide the winners of GlobalCapital's 14th Syndicated Loan, Leveraged Finance and Private Placement Awards 2017 will close on Friday November 18.

The recent rush of senior deals callable a year before maturity is a glaring reminder of the advantages US banks enjoy in meeting their total loss absorbing capacity (TLAC) requirements.

There is no doubt that Saudi Arabia’s $17.5bn bond placement last week was a success. But while the country’s Vision 2030 plan is an attractive narrative, it is too simplistic to think of it as a handbook to economic recovery. Investors should be wary.

It doesn’t surprise me anymore the extent to which standards at banks have fallen. I still remember an incident from earlier this year when I was invited to a Swiss private bank for tea, only to be served cheap supermarket grade tea in shabby looking cups.

The European Central Bank is “reaching the limits” of its covered bond purchase programme (CBPP3) according ECB board member Ewald Nowotny, but that does not mean it is about to stop buying.

The EU’s most ambitious free trade agreement to date, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Ceta), was delayed by a Belgian region, in a development with ominous prospects for the UK’s EU negotiations and therefore, the financial services industry in London.

One month from the US regulator fining the New York unit of Mega International Commercial Bank, Taiwanese lenders are feeling the pressure and facing an unprecedented level of scrutiny on their existing loan books. But the extra paperwork should be viewed as a minor inconvenience with long-term benefits.

As bankers traversed the Alps and whizzed down rollercoasters last week, the Ranger prepared for the GlobalCapital's 2017 Loan Awards, testing out some new ideas on the market with mixed results.

Goldman is not the only US bank on the reputation radar this week. Wells Fargo’s sales scandal is a signal that, even in an industry as publicly loathed as banking (and we are well aware that the news media is another), reputation risk is to be taken seriously.