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Bank branch

Opinion: The future of the branch office

June 22, 2023

In an increasingly impersonal world, physical bank branches could be a key differentiator.

Asset-backed lending

What now for the loan markets?

June 21, 2023

Asset-backed lending could be the stimulus the languishing EMEA loan markets need.

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Banks must raise their game in the fight against fraud

June 19, 2023

Banks are finding it difficult to keep pace with the fraudsters.

Manhattan office space

Commercial real estate markets deteriorate as interest rates rise

June 13, 2023

High inflation, rising interest rates and low office space utilisation rates following the Covid-19 pandemic have dented the outlook for the commercial real estate sector.

Riyadh financial district

Saudi venture capital investment on the rise

June 12, 2023

After many years in the shadow of the UAE, Saudi Arabia’s start-up and venture capital ecosystem is growing rapidly.

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What UK policy-makers need to learn from Arm’s listing on the US stock exchange

June 5, 2023

The UK needs to focus on supporting companies in a range of diverse sectors.

Panama City at sunset

Panama still ideal investment destination, bank execs say

June 5, 2023

Seven years after the Panama Papers, the country is still on Gafilat’s grey list for deficiencies in combatting money laundering.

Petra Wehlert

KfW spearheads digitalisation in securities issuance

May 31, 2023

The German development bank issued a pioneering electronic bond transaction with the help of Clearstream, who carried out the transaction on its D7 digital post-trade platform. 

JPMorgan leveraged finance team

JPMorgan leads the pack in EMEA leveraged finance

May 25, 2023

Direct lending, refinancing and quality placements are keeping busy the bank’s leveraged finance team, which recently took on six new underwrites. 

City of London

UK regulator proposals aim at equity market boost

May 24, 2023

The FCA has set out plans for a revival of the country’s equity capital markets post-Brexit. 

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