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Chemical sector's growing uncompetitiveness a problem when it comes to attracting investment in the capital markets
When staff complain, they deserve a fair hearing, not a wall of silence
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Investment bankers may believe the present system of large annual bonuses is fully justified by the profits they bring in. But they can no longer expect the rest of the world to believe them. It is time for banks to stand up and make an honest case for pay policies that they can defend as rational.
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Reeling from horrors in the developed markets, banks and investors are piling into emerging markets, almost with their eyes shut. As Taimur Ahmad of EuroWeek's sister publication Emerging Markets argues, political risk is still very much alive and waiting to bite the unwary.
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Having to widen guidance on a benchmark bond issue is not something any conscientious — or proud — European government wants to do. Full marks, then, to Belgium and Greece for paying up last week rather than alarming the markets by pulling their deals. Each was rewarded with a successful Eu4bn issue.
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Rogue traders are never going to be eliminated: human ingenuity makes that impossible. But regulators and financial markets leaders need to make sure the industry genuinely learns from such catastrophes. After all, it could be your bank next.
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Piling into the emerging markets is a dangerous strategy for investors and bankers looking to escape from the downturn in Western economies. While EM economies and companies are growing fast and becoming ever more powerful, the view that they have decoupled from Western markets, thanks largely to their own sources of growth, has yet to be tested.
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This week’s sell-off in Asian equities may be a long-awaited correction, but it does not mean stocks are now cheap.