Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. European investment banks have spent years debating the best path to profits. Recent results suggest many ...

The Stoxx 600 Bank index is is accelerating out of a huge 15-year base. That means that it has just begun a long-term bull ...

Spurred on by their investment banking divisions, many of the largest European banks are on course for profitability in 2024, ...

BNP Paribas reported a forecast-beating jump in quarterly earnings thanks to a surge in trading activity, boosting the French bank's struggling stock price as it pushes ahead with cost cuts to improve ...

European banks are expected to report a sharp rise in profits for the final three months of last year, helped by still-robust margins from lending and bumper investment banking revenues.