October 2004

Main

Cover story

DeAM seeks cure for asset management ills

Western Europe

Ghosts from the past still haunt Botín

Asia Pacific

A Thai military makeover

Capital raising and risk management

Capital raising poll 2004: Lead banks sit pretty atop volatile market

Risk management poll 2004: Complexity-averse clients still need risk management

Private equity

Industri Kapital goes back to its roots

Fund management

UVa goes for straight A investments

Private banking

America's wealthy get picky about advice

Emerging Europe

Serbia returns to the capital markets

Foreign Exchange

Transparency boosts a growing asset class

Equity markets

Hoping for a primary market revival

Latin America

Taking structured products to the world

Cash management

Making the most of surplus cash

Cash management poll 2004: Size and satisfaction mark a great divide

Editorial

Pick of the bunch makes sense

So much for responsibility

Front End

Commerzbank breaks down barriers

Ecumenical economics

Anyone for a Land Rover?

Nimble Primus gets set for IPO

Lawyers grapple with identity crisis

The Wall Street runners

Breakingviews

Breaking views: Deutsche revamp falls short of strategy

Breaking views: Tiscali searches in vain for cash lines

Breaking views: Has Ahold fallen for Sysco kidding?

Breaking views: Carrefour hits price-cut glitch

Market Monitor

Don't panic, diversify

Banks rush to cash in on European high yield corporates

Secondary market for UK PFI takes off

Amex bulks up on smaller caps

When bankers turn consultant

Emerging markets

Argentina ditches central bank head on eve of bond exchange

Foreign investors still hungry for convertibles

Lukashenko's heavy hand proves no obstacle to growth

Deal Insider

The rise of the CIS energy champion

Tiered covenants help Land Securities debt exchange

Against the tide

Japan takes a singular path to recovery

Flipside

Bulls and bears and rock 'n' roll

People

David Murrin

Rick Watson

Financial Lawyer

SEC faces questions of power