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September 2004

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Top stories

A financial system at breaking point

Seeking forgiveness of Saddam-era debt

Argentina's creditors brace for lowball offer

Hedge funds

Hedge fund victims of their own success

Hedge funds drive equity new issues

New breed bets on emerging markets

Middle East

Unreformed banks fail Iran's corporates

Saudi Arabia's Capital Markets Authority: New Saudi regulator brings credibility

Islamic issues gain in global appeal

Arab 100 2004: A year of recovery led by Gulf banks

Jordan stands up without IMF support

Debt markets

New investors make credit an asset class

Yield hunger drives structured credit

Corporate finance

The pick-up lure of liability management

Emerging Europe

Bank reform takes on new urgency

Strong growth masks Russia's problems

Equity investors ease back on risk fears

The new faces of corporate Russia

Turkey's EU bid reaches a crux

Romania rides the second wave

CEE gets a taste for LBOs

The wisdom of youth

Corporate governance

Corporate Governance 2004: Activist investors set governance agenda

Finance Minister of the Year

Finance minister of the year 2004: Miklos has no time for bullies

Private banking

Keeping it in the family

Caribbean

EU regulations pose a threat to regional growth

Latin America

Latin 100 2004: Strengthened Latin banks start lending

Central bank governor of the year

Central bank governor of the year 2004: Alfonso Prat-Gay

Asia Pacific

China and India: foes or friends?

China fears the great convertibility test

Deutsche rebuilds its Asian equity business

New Korean loan woe

Country risk

Country risk Sep 2004: Despite political risk the world is safer

South Africa

South Africa's search for dynamic growth

Editorial

The markets are no place for gentlemen

Front End

Cash CDOs back on fire

Latins say it loud in press blasts

Shopping is good for the portfolio

Schwab is at its Wit's end

Standard flays Misty for me

Stand up, sit down, keep moving

Toy sales ‘R'n't Us, says Geoff

Breakingviews

Cash-rich miners assay their prospects

Northern lights flicker at post-merger Morrison

Sarkozy's chance to live up to his ambitions

Telecoms must answer the investors' call

Market Monitor

Savings banks pool credit risk

Signposts on the road to decoupling

Nordea sends research back to the future

Santander's Abbey bid raises governance concerns

Life’s a beach and then you’re sacked

Budget deficit points to pain ahead

Emerging markets

Coalition sets out its privatization stall

Eastern European securitization shows signs of life

Mobile deal gets through in the end

Gazprom scare for foreign investors

New funds pile in as asset growth slows

Black Economic Empowerment deals: Ways to get the BEEs buzzing

Deal Insider

European credit card deals get US flexibility

Much ado about Google

Against the tide

A long winter's coming but autumn will be golden

People

Sandy Nairn

Manfred Schepers

Flipside

New Delhi sets the beat for New India