A scepticism towards traditional banking, combined with a chronic talent shortage, has laid the groundwork for an Asian family office market to flourish
Central banks are starting to flirt with the idea of negative interest rates, though not without rethinking previously held assumptions about what is possible in terms of policy
With shifting sands in the financial system many are questioning the structure on which its build
Wall Street, tired of the government “overreaching” in its enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act recently formed a lobbying effort to fight back
With financial innovation steaming ahead, regulators have struggled, and technology may have been their greatest enemy
Banker bashing has become a public sport over the last decade and while some has been justified, one economist argues that we need them more than ever
Standardisation, simplification and transparency within the shadow banking sector is needed to support the healthy functioning of capital markets says a recent CFA Institute study
China’s shadow banking assets are estimated to have reached 41trn yuan by the end of 2014, representing 65 percent of the nation’s GDP
With softening relations between Cuba and the US, is the Caribbean island country the next frontier of global business?
Kuveyt Turk Bank is preparing to open its German branch on July 1, making it the first sharia-compliant bank in a European country
Strategy rethink comes after tough new regulations on leverage and heavy fine for rigging interest-rate benchmarks
Fears over EU exit and cost of doing business could see banking giant move to Hong Kong
The PBOC has slashed the reserve requirement ratio by 100 basis points in the hope that doing so might boost lending in the real economy
Iceland is considering a revolutionary monetary proposal – taking the power to create money from commercial banks and giving it to the central bank
Iceland – nowhere was more affected by the global financial crisis but with a staggering recovery could the country have found a cure for bad banking?