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ECM veteran discusses opportunities away from the trading floor, the legacy of the financial crisis and how rule makers have misunderstood what makes investment banking risky

Moody’s forecasts green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked bond issuance to stage a tentative recovery this year following a decline in volumes in 2022, with structural tailwinds offsetting prolonged macroeconomic risks and elevated market concerns over greenwashing.

Issuance from the likes of Egypt shows that, even after a downturn, the market is far healthier than in 2022

Swiss bank said to want to add further senior traders in coming months

- Are EU bonds govvies yet? - Fast moving credit market develops strange rattling noise - Debt-for-nature: from the Galapagos to the developing world

Central banks will turn dovish, but timing when is a mug's game

The UK must avoid losing ground to the EU and private actors in the digital currency revolution

Fundraising challenges may mean limited partners in private debt funds can get a discount but they should proceed with caution

- Do two IPO swallows make a summer, or a winter of discontent? - Why investors think SLBs are 'worthless' and what to do about it - The buy-side grapples with government green bonds - Moans in loans

Markets are rarely this good. The smallest and weakest credits should get on with their funding

Positive expectations for the new year are veiled behind the specter of 2022

From being everyone's darling to investors dozing off at the sight of them, SLBs are edging closer to where they belong