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Eleven institutions with at least $10 billion of assets made American Banker's Best Banks to Work For ranking this year. Read on to see who made the cut.

A London Market insurance professional who combines a strong technical background with sound commercial skills, Peter Smyth was director of operations at pioneering early insurtech TriSystems. The company was acquired by Ebix in August 2012 and renamed to Ebix Europe. As vice president, Smyth is at the centre of the drive to transform the London and Global re/Insurance markets. 

Firms including Banco Santander and Toronto-Dominion Bank's U.S. investment banking arms have been adding to their convertible bond teams, anticipating that companies refinancing existing debt will be drawn to the asset class in the next several years.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Tuesday that two financial officials with European regulatory backgrounds, Sir Jon Cunliffe and Elke Koenig, will join its Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee meeting on December 5 to discuss Dodd-Frank resolution authority and related issues.

Financial firms claim a proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would restrict lending, raise borrowing costs and result in more denials of credit to consumers.

U.S. regulators' swift action in March to ring-fence the banking sector after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank might have had an unintended consequence of driving cash out of bond funds by enhancing the appeal of deposits, two New York Fed researchers say.

Spencer Hoffman is vice president of product at POS Nation.

A group of about 10 bankers reportedly is departing Citi for Jefferies.

The pressures and frustrations of daily work lose some of their ability to aggravate when you consider how much real choice you have in the matter.

The big China deals that lined rainmakers' pockets for decades have evaporated. Banks and law firms alike are cutting jobs. Those advisers that remain are chasing smaller deals and taking extended vacations.