As their global operating models evolve, what do investment managers need from their service providers and what can they do to help themselves?
The introduction of mandatory clearing for over-the-counter derivatives will bring with it a widescale, and costly, post-trade infrastructural reorganisation and a host of new considerations for the industry.
Non-bank payment specialists are cropping up all over the world. But are these companies a threat to the more traditional providers of payments, or do these largely niche businesses present partnership opportunities to banks?
Magnus Bocker, CEO of the Singapore Exchange, looks at why the Asian market is so vibrant right now.
Moves to establish economic communities in Asia are gathering pace. Atsushi Saito, president and CEO of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, explains why Japan will be a leader in any such regionalisation.
Will China's cash-rich banks want to enter the West's stagnant, mature market when there are so many growth opportunities domestically and within Asia as a whole?
UniCredit, Erste and Raiffeisen between them own significant market share across central and eastern Europe, but their approaches to turning local presence into international investment banking have varied.
Research pointing to a link between Twitter users' emotional state and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has inspired Europe’s first social media-based hedge fund. But is such an indicator just too good to be true?
SmartStream's CEO Philippe Chambadal and senior product manager Phil Cantor discuss the importance of intraday cash management in helping financial institutions save money, stay competitive and avoid regulatory pressure.
Paul Camp, global head of Cash Management Financial Institutions at Deutsche Bank, looks at the current industry landscape and how the business will develop over the coming years.
Joe Cassidy, Deutsche Bank’s global head of prime rates brokerage and clearing, considers how the over-the-counter derivative landscape is evolving and what market participants can do to prepare for the changes.
An increasingly competitive transaction banking landscape, has led to worries from some cash management providers about the feasibility of continuing to provide the same scope of coverage they once did.
Previously reliant on their own resources or bank loans to raise capital, companies in Brazil are now recognising the benefits of listing. But it will take a while before the country's stock exchange catches up with others around the world.
The Banker's Top 1000 World Banks has revealed some surprising results for sources of income at banks.
Should the payment card industry be a free market? Or does it need to be regulated? The debate is raging in countries across the world, with both retailers and card issuers arguing that tweaks to interchange fees and leaving them shortchanged.
Banks are increasingly focusing on the growth potential of supply chain finance, but a new breed of non-bank provider is beginning to gain ground.
The trend toward giant international stock exchanges highlights the value of listing on a more specialised market for companies in central and eastern Europe. Warsaw and Vienna are competing for that business.
As exchanges attempt to forge international relationships, local regulators, banks and politicians are voicing concerns about a loss of sovereignty and influence. Could opposition derail the deals?
Protestations concerning nationalism, protectionism and anti-trust legislation could jeopardise plans to merge global stock exchanges, but are unlikely to stop deals in their tracks.
The recent frenzy of exchange mergers is rooted in tough market conditions for US and European equity exchanges, forcing them to move away from their bread and butter operations to new asset classes.