Banking

Barclays, BNP Paribas see equities bonanza outweigh fixed income slide

Barclays (BARC.L) and BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) reported bumper first-quarter profits on Friday, as an equities trading boom offset a slump in demand for fixed…

5 years ago

Lockdown accounting

Many countries have implemented social distancing and lockdown policies to tame the spread of Covid-19. This column discusses the potential…

5 years ago

Foreign currency corporate borrowing: Risks and policy responses

Emerging market economies increasingly rely on foreign currency debt, leaving borrowing firms exposed to sudden stops and currency depreciations. This…

5 years ago

Class of COVID-19: Next generation of bankers fear for future

The stage fright of walking into the imposing offices of a $607 billion asset manager in the heart of a…

5 years ago

EXCLUSIVE Brazil’s Nubank readies U.S. stock market listing -sources

Brazilian digital bank Nubank has initiated preparations for a U.S. stock market listing that could come as early as this…

5 years ago

MIDEAST STOCKS Most major Gulf markets rise; Qatar dips

Most major stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Sunday, with property shares boosting the Dubai index,…

5 years ago

The impact of COVID-19 on artificial intelligence in banking

COVID-19 has not dampened the appetite of European banks for machine learning and data science, but may in the short…

5 years ago

BlackRock quarterly profit jumps as assets rise over $9 trillion

(Reuters) - BlackRock Inc, the world’s largest asset manager, reported a 16% jump in first-quarter profit on Thursday as investors…

5 years ago

A $9 million boss? UniCredit investors to decide how much Orcel is worth

MILAN (Reuters) - Investors are due to approve Andrea Orcel’s appointment as chief executive of UniCredit on Thursday, but the…

5 years ago

Coinbase listing marks latest step in crypto’s march to the mainstream

LONDON (Reuters) - Coinbase Global Inc, the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, will list on the Nasdaq on Wednesday, marking a…

5 years ago