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Fixed income structured products offer sturdy contrast to equity gloom
The structured products market may have suffered dramatic blow-ups in the equity market, but investors have supported the less well publicised fixed income corner of the market.
28 May 2020 -
Nomura looks to sustainable investment banking future
Nomura is eyeing acquisitions and a change in chief executive promises a reboot of its investment banking ambitions, writes David Rothnie.
28 May 2020 -
Citi sustainability: grey heads and millennials
Citigroup’s new architecture to make its banking, capital markets and advisory (BCMA) group a fitter competitor in sustainability and ESG issues emphasises two channels of communication, according to Manuel Falcó, co-head of BCMA, through the most senior rainmakers and a cadre of younger enthusiasts.
28 May 2020 -
Crisis Talk — with Samaila Zubairu, CEO of the AFC
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the Nigeria-based multilateral development bank (MDBs), has emerged at the forefront of regional coronavirus rescue efforts, providing financing for emergency hospitals, medical aid and more. As Africa finds itself at the centre of global calls for emergency financing and debt relief, the AFC’s chief executive, Samaila Zubairu, talks to GlobalCapital about the bank’s response to the crisis, how its own fundraising plans have been affected, and the future of Chinese capital in the region.
26 May 2020 -
How Credit Suisse’s private credit dream faltered
Credit Suisse’s plan to launch a private credit opportunities fund has been undermined by a spying scandal, the departure of Jim Amine, and Covid-19, writes David Rothnie.
21 May 2020 -
Banks going green: if you’re going to lead, lead
Banks want to position themselves as ahead of the curve on sustainability. They are among the most sophisticated, well resourced, IT-savvy organisations in the world. Why can't they work out the carbon footprints of their portfolios?
19 May 2020 -
Banks credit EMEA loan dominance to quick feet
Some of Europe’s largest banks have taken large chunks of syndicated loan market share in EMEA this year, as the pandemic has prompted some institutions to flex their muscles and others to retreat.
14 May 2020 -
Frantic few months at loss-making Commerzbank
It was a busy first quarter at Commerzbank’s corporate clients division, as companies rushed to secure liquidity and access Germany’s support programmes. But that division and the group as a whole made a loss in the quarter, results released on Wednesday showed, as cost of risk rose and valuations of derivative positions fell.
14 May 2020 -
The pandemic payback
The coronavirus pandemic will test the complex relationship between bank loans and the fabled ancillary business supposed to make it all worthwhile. Some banks have provided heaps of extra cash for European clients to keep them alive and it has changed the shape of the loan market, with some banks ramping up market share. But will companies return the love when the time comes?
14 May 2020 -
UniCredit switches plan for ‘once in a century event’
UniCredit began the year with a new template for growth but is now simply trying to help support clients through the crisis, while hoping that the deeper relationships being forged will endure, writes David Rothnie.
14 May 2020
