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India’s state-owned enterprises have yet to make their move into offshore rupee debt, with high prices and withholding tax problems putting them off. Opportunities, however, may be waiting further down the credit curve where dynamic domestic corporations, hungry for rupee funding from any source, might be the first to take the plunge.

Another week and another bank has announced a round of cuts. If it continues like this, we bankers are going to become an endangered species — especially as the current earnings season isn’t providing any joy either.

China's growing presence in Africa is nothing new. But Asian banks are finally coming to the continent's loan market with big tickets and this is not the time for other lenders to sit on their hands.

The block trade market is an exciting, risky part of the equity business. Banks can slip up — but that shows how hard they are competing for deals. If, as it seems, block trades work well for issuers and investors, regulators like the Financial Conduct Authority should not interfere.

Vakifbank’s debt euro Turkish covered bond is good for investors, good for emerging markets borrowers and good for the global economy. But the deal would probably never of happened without the intervention of the European Central Bank.

Saudi Arabia on Monday announced its plans to diversify away from oil production through a plan it called "Vision 2030". But the oil rich nation won't find it easy to execute in the plan, particularly when it comes to attracting skilled foreigners to fuel its goals.

South Korea’s regulators are widely expected to adopt new rules that force banks to sell perpetual additional tier one bonds, something that was prohibited until now. The move will push lenders to execute more expensive offshore capital raising and while the shift will improve the soundness of Korea’s banking system, it will take the market time to adjust to the new regime.

US bank reporting season is over; the Europeans have yet to start. Just how bad was Q1 really?

A sense of discord seeped into the loan market last week with bankers getting angry, lost and less-surprisingly, tipsy.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association's EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled that Norske Skog has triggered a restructuring credit event.

You might admire Obama’s clampdown on tax inversion, but if you are a loan banker starved of dealflow, you won’t thank him for it.

Moving to a new bank is never easy. Just think about it — all those trips to HR, getting to know your co-workers, searching for good food joints and, of course, doing your first deal.