Global Finance

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As AI is piloted and adopted across all aspects of the personal and business banking landscape, Global Finance held a Digital Banking and AI Innovation panel in London with global financial industry leaders to explore the impact of new technologies and how to incorporate them in a way that creates a win-win for all stakeholders.

Banking 105

Banking Finance Technology Start-ups 105

Global Finance

MARCH 1, 2025

Chinas financial sector, from banks to brokerages, is rapidly incorporating DeepSeek, the nations champion in AI, for customer service, data analysis, and email sorting. Postal Savings Banks mobile app, Xiaoyou Assistant, answers account holder questions and Haain Banks chatbot specializes in marketing queries.

Banking 112

Banking Data Analysis Finance Marketability 112

Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The banking industry has undergone substantial changes since the late 1970s, largely due to deregulation and rapid market developments. Over that period, banks’ growth opportunities expanded, and banks entered new markets, both geographic and product. Cunat and Guadalupe 2009; DeYoung et al.

Banking 201

Banking Equity Firm Value Marketability 201

Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 24, 2022

Posted by Carine Smith Ihenacho, and Severine Neervoort, Norges Bank Investment Management, on Sunday, July 24, 2022 Editor's Note: Carine Smith Ihenacho is Chief Governance and Compliance Officer and Severine Neervoort is Senior Analyst, Corporate Governance at Norges Bank Investment Management. Ihenacho; Ms. more…).

Banking 221

Banking Compliance Equity Marketability 221

Global Finance

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Bank of China (BOC) continues to play a pivotal role in green finance. Through its “BOC Green+” global brand, the bank is offering a range of green financial products. It also collaborated with the ChinaBondPricing Centre to introduce the ChinaBond BOC Green Bond Index, enhancing the market’s capacity for green financial instruments.

Finance 98

Finance Banking Debt Financing Marketability 98

IVSC

MARCH 31, 2025

Valuing Private Markets: Can We Get It Right? Private markets are expanding. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the European Central Bank (ECB), and the UKs Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), are taking a closer look. In some cases, firms lacked clear processes for reevaluating assets when market conditions changed.

Marketability 100

Marketability Equity Intangible Assets Compliance 100

Global Finance

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The European banking sector is experiencing a wave of consolidation as institutions seek to bolster their market position, expand their asset base, and improve returns. With interest rates stabilizing and capital reserves at healthy levels, banks are taking advantage of strategic acquisitions to fuel growth and enhance profitability.

Banking 71

Banking Dividends Finance Marketability 71

Harvard Corporate Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

bank regulation, as currently practiced. While banks are not technically exempt from antitrust enforcement, they are generally seen as inhabiting an alternative regulatory universe that is governed by principles and prioritizes substantive goals different from antitrust’s traditional competition-related concerns. banking sector.

Banking 131

Banking Treasury Marketability 131

Global Finance

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Global Finance: What are the banks strategic priorities over the next five years? Adel Al-Majed: The banks aspiration is to be a leading Islamic bank for high-net-worth individuals and companies, focused on innovation and digital excellence. GF: Which of the banks commercial business segments are showing the most growth?

Banking 94

Banking Finance Marketability 94

Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 14, 2024

In the spring of 2023, the United States witnessed the country’s three largest bank failures since the 2008 financial crisis. However, the banks’ inability to appropriately align strategy with the macro environment indicates that insufficient risk oversight was also a significant factor.

Banking 138

Banking Marketability 138

Brian DeChesare

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

With investment banking internship recruiting starting earlier and earlier, you also need to win pre-banking internships earlier. People debate the best options: Search fund internships , private equity internships , boutique bank internships, real estate internships, and even wealth management internships have their pros and cons.

Banking 59

Banking Start-ups Finance Venture Capital Fund 59

Global Finance

MARCH 2, 2025

Wealthy investors are expected to look beyond stocks and bonds, prompting private banks to expand offerings and expertise. Publicly traded stocks and bonds have been great investments over the last 15 years, but wealthy investors are increasingly looking for alternatives to what the public securities markets offer them.

Banking 71

Banking Alpha Equity Marketability 71

Mckinsey and Company

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Macroeconomic, technological, regulatory, market structure, and product changes mean corporate and investment banks must take new approaches to tackling the opportunities and challenges ahead.

Banking 144

Banking Technology Marketability Corporate Finance 144

Global Finance

MAY 1, 2025

The strategic and operational aim of the IFIs is to increase digitalization to drive efficiency, gain new customersparticularly at the higher end of retail and commercial bankingand raise competitiveness in challenging banking markets. IFIs margins remain healthy and above those of conventional banks.

Banking 83

Banking Finance Marketability Equity 83

Musings on Markets

JUNE 2, 2025

Since the ratings downgrade happened after close of trading on a Friday, there was concern that markets would wake up on the following Monday (May 19) to a wave of selling, and while that did not materialize, the rest of the week was a down week for both stocks and US treasury bonds, especially at the longest end of the maturity spectrum.

Risk Premium 116

Risk Premium Marketability Start-ups Risk-free Rate 116

Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Global Finance presents its 31st annual list of best banks worldwide. Banks face an uphill battle as supply chains remain disrupted, regional conflicts continue to build, and the fear of bank failure returns. Industry leadership, advancements in digitalization and corporate citizenship also factored in.

Banking 111

Banking Finance Treasury Marketability 111

Harvard Corporate Governance

MARCH 27, 2024

My dad invested because he knew that whatever money he put in the bond or stock markets would likely grow faster than in the bank. 1] That’s more than double what they would have earned if they’d just put the money in a bank account. He encouraged me to buy my first stock (the DuPont chemical company) as a teenager.

Finance 64

Finance Banking Marketability 64

Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Africa : UBA United Bank for Africa (UBA) is celebrating its 75th anniversary. million in pretax profits in 2023, and a presence in 20 markets on the continent and four global centers—empowering SMEs means fueling Africa’s economic development. Its home market of Nigeria is a poster case. 1 agenda for most banking CEOs.”

Banking 52

Banking Finance Start-ups Marketability 52

Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 2, 2022

Banks’ role in ?nancial nancial markets, but also ties their health to that of other ?nancial The vast reach of banks’ activities was made apparent during the ? Prior research into the sources of systemic risk largely focuses on the outcomes of banks’ risky activities (e.g., the composition of banks’ ?nancing

Banking 238

Banking Capital Structure Equity Marketability 238

Mckinsey and Company

JANUARY 9, 2024

As US regulators consider a decision on open banking, account-to-account (A2A) payments face challenges in a card-dominated market but also have some promising use cases.

Banking 133

Banking Marketability 133

IVSC

APRIL 28, 2025

IVSC has noted that in some European markets, Prudential Value is being provided by valuers, whereas in other markets, Prudential Value is being calculated internally by banks using either own data sources or data provided by third parties.

Marketability 130

Marketability Banking Intangible Assets Business Valuation 130

Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 25, 2023

Our Goals Protecting the Investing Public; Maintaining a Robust, Relevant Regulatory Framework; Supporting a Skilled and Diverse Workforce The United States has the largest, most sophisticated, and most innovative capital markets in the world. capital markets represent about 40 percent of the global capital market.

Finance 295

Finance Banking Marketability Technology 295

Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

After the Great Financial Crisis triggered tightening of banking regulation, corporate lending has increasingly migrated out of the banking sector. Private debt funds raise capital commitments through closed-end funds (like private equity) and make senior loans (like banks) directly to, mostly, middle-market firms (i.e.

Banking 218

Banking Equity Marketability Finance 218

Mckinsey and Company

JULY 15, 2024

Europe’s embedded-finance market is growing at double-digit rates. It is becoming increasingly important for banks, merchants, and other customer platforms to participate.

Banking 111

Banking Finance Marketability 111

Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

After a year that can be described as challenging for US regional banks, with the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, First Republic Bank, and Signature Bank early in 2023, profitability growth has returned to many of the sectors banks that survived that dark period. The banks robust fee income, totaling $274.2

Banking 52

Banking Marketability Technology Finance 52

Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 7, 2025

Then came bank runs on account-based “demand deposits” during the 20th century. In this century, we have witnessed runs on “money market funds” and “repos” (and demand deposits still). In the 18th and 19th centuries, the short-term debt at issue were “banknotes” that circulated as a medium of exchange.

Banking 122

Banking Finance Marketability 122

IVSC

JULY 31, 2023

Drawing the conclusions from the global financial crisis, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published in December 2017 new requirements for the valuation of real estate for lending purposes in the context of the so-called ‘Standardised Credit Risk Assessment Approach’ (SCRA). The new Article 229 CRR reads: 1.

Banking 246

Banking Appraisal Marketability 246

Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 27, 2023

Following the consecutive collapses of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) and Signature Bank in March, other regional banks have been under pressure. This news, coupled with First Republic having a high percentage of uninsured deposits, triggered a run on the bank, causing a liquidity crisis that the bank could not quell. [1]

Banking 207

Banking Marketability Equity Technology 207

Brian DeChesare

MAY 14, 2025

The most difficult part of infrastructure investment banking is defining the exact verticals and deal types it covers. Like renewable energy IB , different banks classify their groups differently, so you could find yourself working on everything from a data center REIT M&A deal to an airport financing to an IPO for a solar developer.

Banking 59

Banking Finance Equity Dividends 59

Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Private banks increase their technology investments to improve their high-touch offerings for the wealthy. On the other side of the equation are the global private banks, which see the current mixture of massive wealth generation and increasingly complex demands as a generational opportunity. David Frame, CEO of J.P. Morgans U.S.

Banking 98

Banking Technology Finance Marketability 98

Global Finance

APRIL 4, 2025

On March 21, Ethiopia issued its first-ever investment banking licenses, marking a historic shift in the nations financial sector. The Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA) granted the licenses to CBE Capital S.C. and Wegagen Capital Investment Bank S.C., both linked to major Ethiopian banks.

Banking 69

Banking Finance Marketability 69

Viking Mergers

APRIL 24, 2023

For some, the numbers make sense to go to market now. Most banks won’t risk financing an acquisition loan for a business with more than 20% of total sales from one customer. So ensure before going to market that you are accurately tracking your inventory and have an inventory management system in place.

Marketability 244

Marketability Business Valuation Comps Compliance 244

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The big story on Wednesday, September 18, was that the Federal Reserve’s open market committee finally got around to “cutting rates”, and doing so by more than expected. The market seemed to initially be disappointed in the action, dropping after the Fed’s announcement on Wednesday, but it did climb on Thursday.

Banking 125

Banking Treasury Start-ups Marketability 125

Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 16, 2024

The Chinese stock market started in 1990 with the establishment of two domestic stock exchanges (the “A share” market): the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE hereafter) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE). The A share market is the second largest in the world in terms of total market capitalization, trailing only the US equity markets.

Marketability 159

Marketability Finance Market Capitalization Banking 159

Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

securities markets regulation have contributed to America’s economic success and geopolitical standing around the globe. At this remarkable agency, we serve investors building for a better future and issuers raising money to fund innovation, while overseeing the $100 trillion capital markets where they meet. The core principles of U.S.

Banking 212

Banking Marketability 212

Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 15, 2022

This post is based on his recent remarks before the Joint Meeting of the Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee (FBIIC) and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC). The two bankers bribed telegraph operators to tip them off as to the direction the market was headed. more…).

Banking 241

Banking Marketability 241

Global Finance

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Rumors of a sale started in December 2023 when president and CEO of Scotiabank, Scott Thomson, announced a global strategy to seek higher returns from developed markets. Scotiabank entered the Colombia market in 2012 when it bought 51% of Colpatria from GE Capital for around $500 million. Scotiabank Colpatria is worth $2.8

Banking 98

Banking Finance Marketability 98