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Nomura’s ‘Team Italia’ predicts M&A upturn

April 26, 2023

Nomura’s share of the Italian M&A market has expanded on the back of two developments: increased activity from financial sponsors and increased spending on energy infrastructure.

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Latam central bank governors on the recent banking crisis

April 21, 2023

The central bank governors of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Guatemala dismiss concerns about increased financial volatility at the IDB.

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Indonesia takes its credit card network in-house

April 18, 2023

Bank Indonesia’s latest move on credit cards is part of a multi-year strategy to reduce foreign influence in the country’s payment system.

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Offshore banking has had its day in the sun

April 14, 2023

Premier offshore banking centres are having difficulty reducing investor panic. What does this mean for smaller and newer locations such as Singapore or Dubai?  

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Amprion’s success in inaugural green bond

March 31, 2023

The German electricity transmission system operator navigated a volatile market environment to launch a €1.8bn green bond, the first of its kind for the company. 

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CBI helps to drive change in Italian digital payments

March 31, 2023

Italy is in the midst of a payments revolution. Joy Macknight gets the lowdown from CBI CEO Liliana Fratini Passi.

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MUFG ups its game in EMEA

March 30, 2023

The co-heads of EMEA capital markets at Japan’s biggest bank outlines the division’s success in the hybrid capital debt space and areas of growth that they will look to capitalise on in 2023.

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Deutsche Bank sees opportunities in the leveraged finance market

March 29, 2023

After the inflation outlook softened late last year, the leveraged finance market began to bounce back at the start of 2023, giving the German bank’s DCM team the opportunity to apply its expertise.     

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National Bank of Kuwait remains confident despite weakening oil backdrop

March 29, 2023

NBK’s chief executive officer for Kuwait talks about the challenges facing the country’s banking sector, the lender’s international expansion, and digital banking brand Weyay.

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Credit Suisse: How did we get here?

March 24, 2023

Credit Suisse had bumper years, particularly during the dotcom boom, and it weathered the 2008 financial crisis reasonably better than UBS. But trouble was never far from the bank’s door. 

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