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The Panama Papers may be making UK politicians fall over one another to print their tax returns, but those at the top of the banking industry should be concerned about becoming the next to be under scrutiny.

Relentless focus on political risks in the UK and US has prompted some overwrought analysis of option volatility curves.

Investors and bankers last week called the end of African sovereign private placements, citing the hiccups of Angola, Tanzania and Mozambique. But all three of these bonds have proved good purchases for investors, and it is hard to see when African issuers will start turning down easy money.

The Ranger heard a true horror story at the Commerzbank offices last week about the inexorable rise of the robot.

Having left investment banking a while ago, I’m baffled by the increasingly arcane and complex rules that now plague the business — the Chinese Mainland being a particular case in point, writes Philippe Espinasse.

After lending Venezuela more than $65bn over the last eight years, China will soon have to decide whether to go double and keeping on lending, or go quits and let the beleaguered Latin American economy default

While the World Bank and IDB lent a combined $23bn to Latin America last year, Chinese development banks weighed in with nearly $30bn. They are the region’s new strong men and the US establishment is concerned

Banks are shrinking, the industry is shrinking, and big splashy hires are a thing of the past. So when a senior FIG banker, in a secure seat, at a solid institution jumps ship, there’s a mystery afoot.

It’s April, so that means it’s time to start talking about 10 year Bund yields turning negative again.

Let’s face it, banking is not the most glamorous of professions these days, with fines and investigations sadly becoming the norm. But every once in a while, there comes a chance to discover something you might not have otherwise thought possible.

For all of the concern surrounding China’s economy, Latin America’s precious new flow of funding is unlikely to dry up any time soon

You would think that a role in Saudi Arabia’s first loan in over two decades would be the golden ticket for any bank, but it’s not to everyone’s taste.