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Banking is a game with rules, and regulators set them. That’s why, when the chips are down, they can change them to make banks look better.

There’s no need to fluster about the “flexit” clause cropping up in loan documentation.

The prospect of the European Central Bank (ECB) buying up corporate bonds, potentially squeezing supply in the sector, has meant investors have looked for alternative ways to take on risk exposure.

By 2018, the European Commission will review the resolution directive that came into effect at the start of this year. In light of Italian banks’ recent struggles, maybe it's already time for a rethink.

It pains me to say it but there is a tendency among us bankers to take credit for victories and shift the blame for wrongdoing onto anyone else. It is of course a tricky art to perfect, as one of my friends recently discovered the hard way.

Primary issuance of euro corporate bonds is catching up fast with the €134bn issued in the first half of 2015 .

By 2018, the European Commission will review the resolution directive that came into effect at the start of this year. In light of Italian banks’ recent struggles, maybe it's already time for a rethink.

Can’t decide on — or can’t fathom — a good reason for the latest market movement or political development? Then try our patented Blame it on Brexit Solution™!

There are fresh signs that the China Securities Regulatory Commission is looking to crack down on backdoor listings by overseas-listed Chinese companies, with talk that it could move to block such deals. While clamping down on excessive speculation for reverse takeovers will do the market some good, the regulator should refrain from meddling.

The global infrastructure gap is yawning ever wider, with demand potentially reaching nearly twice the existing $50tr valuation of global infrastructure by 2030, by some estimates. And while the G20 has committed to making its multilateral development banks expand their lending and increase the impact of their activities, any realistic increase won’t be nearly enough to fill the infrastructure hole

As the $100bn-plus IPO of Saudi Aramco nears its launch, the UK’s Telegraph has most recently hinted at a three-way foreign listing, conducted across London, New York and Hong Kong. Columnist Philippe Espinasse looks at the practicalities and advantages (as well as disadvantages) for the oil behemoth of listing in Asia.

As the debt markets wait gleefully for record loan and bond issuance from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Ranger travelled to the Middle East to catch up on the gossip, and found some there more forthcoming than others.