U.S. community banks have an opportunity to capitalize on their impressive performance during the COVID-19 crisis by capturing business from small and middle market companies frustrated with a perceived lack of support by their banks last year.
The rotation to value stocks during the economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and the rebound in growth stocks just months later provide a reminder of how quickly investor demand can swing with shifts in the economic cycle, and why betting on the “hottest” products can be a disaster for asset managers.
Portfolio trading volume in U.S. fixed-income markets jumped 159% over the past two years as both buyers and sellers began taking advantage of the potential for efficiency gains, price improvement and other benefits.
CRISIL Board of Directors today announced that Ashu Suyash, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CRISIL Ltd has decided to move on to set up her own venture. The Board also announced that Amish Mehta will assume the role of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2021.
The pressures of COVID-19 could be accelerating the consolidation of the Indian corporate banking industry, as the market’s biggest banks prove themselves best positioned to help large and middle market companies overcome crisis disruptions.
Although Europe has long led the U.S. in terms of its share of corporate bond trading volumes executed electronically, e-trading is growing at a much faster rate in the U.S.
As U.S. small businesses and middle market companies shift gears from pandemic-era survival to post-COVID-19 growth, they are rewarding banks that stood by them during the crisis.