Removal of Russian banks from Swift will not cause serious disruptions to the country’s lenders.
The biggest UK banks reported a significant rise in profits in 2021, as the country’s economy rebounded from the pandemic with a boom in deal-making and mortgage lending.
First end-to-end digital platform for syndicated bond market nears full production mode after successful pilot of benchmark transactions.
The country has recouped the lost growth from the peak of the pandemic and is set for a sustained period of growth.
The country’s banking sector has shown strength and resilience by offloading problem assets during the pandemic and maintaining improved compliance and regulatory standards.
The global supply of socially responsible debt severely contracted at the start of the year.
Last year saw a significant increase in equity raising across Europe’s equity market in a bid to fuel the continent’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
The CEO of VTB Capital Investments talks to Burhan Khadbai about the macroeconomic landscape, the rise of retail investing in Russia and the asset manager’s ambitions to get involved in the growing cryptocurrency market.
Cyprus’s finance minister talks to The Banker about how the country’s economy has coped during the pandemic and the recovery ahead.
After reaching a record $9tn of supply in 2021, bond issuance is set to fall this year.
High-grade corporate borrowers are most at risk to the tightening of monetary policy, with an increase in supply but lower demand. Burhan Khadbai reports.
Despite the country’s mild economic recession in 2020, Russia’s banking sector remained resilient during the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. By Burhan Khadbai.
Recent high-profile exits from primary dealerships across Europe have reignited the debate on whether this model is sustainable for banks.