Global banking

Despite rapid growth, India’s market remains smaller than China’s total issuance of 2.28 trillion yuan in 2025.

Global Enterprise

Global banks drive India asset-backed securities sales to record

Overseas lenders have made US$5.6 billion worth of purchases in the financial year ended March 2026

Shadow banking includes money market and hedge funds, private credit firms, pension funds and insurers, among others.

Global Enterprise

‘Shadow banking’ growing at double the rate of traditional lenders, FSB says

The sector’s rapid growth alarms regulators over weak transparency and risks spilling into broader financial markets

Banks in the US, Britain and Europe have been pushing for the ability to take more risks, aimed at ensuring they maintain adequate capital levels, are now hindering growth.

Banking & Finance

Global accounting body IASB consults on new model for assessing bank risks

The model will attempt to replace a transaction-driven view of how banks manage interest rate risks

The move is expected to strengthen China's capability to fend off risks and spur lending to better support the domestic economy.

International

China to sell special sovereign bonds to boost bank capital

CHINA said it will issue special sovereign notes to boost capital at its largest state-owned lenders.

The IEA estimates that the world needs to invest about US$4 trillion annually by 2030 to generate the levels of clean energy required to achieve the necessary reductions in emissions.

ESG

Global banks are nowhere near reaching their CO2 targets

GLOBAL banks are not living up to targets to cut their financing of activities that are directly fuelling climate change, according to a new study by the World Resources Institute (WRI).

We take a look back at some of the major events that took place in 2023.

International

Year in review: Major headline-grabbing events of 2023

Bank busts, crime busts and war. The year 2023 may go down in history as a record-breaking one for global financial markets, and a nail-biting one for local political pundits.

In his new role at HSBC, Gilbert Ng is responsible for driving its global banking strategy and franchise growth.

Companies & Markets

HSBC appoints ex-Citi banker as new Singapore head of global banking

HSBC has appointed Gilbert Ng, former head of corporate banking at Citigroup, as its new head of global banking for Singapore. The appointment was effective from Thursday (May 2).

David Solomon says the firm’s goal is to attain mid-teen percentage returns for its global banking and markets business in the medium-term, and project strong margins for its asset and wealth management business.

Companies & Markets

Goldman Sachs CEO says firm to raise ninth private equity fund

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said on Tuesday (Feb 27) the firm will raise its ninth private equity fund this year.

A slump in mergers and acquisitions and the collapse of Credit Suisse have sparked an epic turnover of senior managers across the industry spanning trading and advisory services.

Global Enterprise

The great M&A slump is shaking up giants of investment banking

A FEW years ago, top investment bankers at Goldman Sachs Group wouldn’t even bother picking up phone calls from recruiters at smaller rivals. This year, managers at Jefferies Financial Group, Evercore...

UBS may be richer following its acquisition of Credit Suisse, but large mega-banks are more prone to operational risks.

Opinion & Features

Banks need to speak the same digital language

Complex, opaque and often outdated systems in large international lenders can threaten the global banking system’s stability

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