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December 2005

Main

Top stories

Do the big FX banks need a new platform?

Asset management

Fund champs go head to head

BGI wins the ETF round

Top marks for Goldman Sachs

Asia Pacific

Foreigners still pouring money into China's banks

Private equity: Carlyle constructs China buyout

Corporate governance: Asia's governance grail proves elusive

Asian equities: Is the IPO train running out of steam?

KfW pulls the lid off local bond markets

Temasek underlines scale of diversification task

Where's the value in China?

Thailand: Court pulls plug on power IPO

Asia 100 2005: M&A changes landscape

Asia round-up: Australian IPOs

Asian companies 2005

Asia round-up: Indian consumer to the rescue

Africa

South African companies push empowerment forward

Wiphold puts women centre stage

Private equity and BEE

Infrastructure finance

PPP aims to build on its promises

Commodities

Energy trading heats up

Energy traders see biggest bonus increases on the street

Equities

Secrets of the algorithm

Editorial

A false market is good for no one

Front End

Deutsche escapes Clinton beating

Mack and the beanstalk?

Citigroup finally rules its own domain

JPMorgan enslaves labour for the Empire

Bulging bonuses beat the bulges

Quotes of the Month

Off the Record

Market leaders

LBO sponsors introduce clause for concern

Why India could be the next big distressed market play

Wind whips up a CDS storm

Private bankers are the poor relations

Who gains from algorithmic trading?

ECB plays a dangerous game

Asia's companies seek a different style of leverage

Debt

Sovereigns: France considers debt management changes

Fixed income bonuses look set to disappoint

MMFs: Basle II could reshape European overnight market

Corporates are paying inflation

Nomura cuts back on staff

Credit: Italy's Nardelli becomes a banker

Hybrid capital: Resolution found in life closed business

DM round-up: Hoveyda becomes Merrill’s DCM chief

DM round-up: Sober decade ahead, says Deutsche

DM round-up: Hohenberg succeeds Keutner at UBS

Structured credit

The rush returns to ABS

Delphi protocol limits CDS turmoil

US mortgages sell off and new buyers come in

CLOs: ABN Amro opens a new asset class

JPMorgan trades Pfandbrief credit derivatives

SC market round-up: Standard gains White Pine

SC market round-up: BESA rolls out platform

SC market round-up: Markit brings ABS product

Foreign Exchange

Settlement: CLS passes the Refco test

National Australia Bank: Wrong revals are not an option

Spot trading: To BGC or not to BGC

FX market round-up: Time for a new Euromoney poll?

FX market round-up: Coming soon, a pure currency ETF

FX market round-up: Deutsche cuts spreads?

Equity markets

IPO methods under spotlight

Investment flows: Reverse and reverse again

Equity derivatives: Investors swap stocks for derivatives

Information services: A new vehicle for trade ideas

ECM round-up: The seven deadly sins (of fund managers)

Fund management

Hedge funds: No more secret stock stashes

Back office: F&C ditches outsourcing plans

Hedge fund regulation: FSA seeks greater transparency

Top marks for Goldman Sachs

FM round-up: Hedge fund salaries

Corporate finance

M&A: Koch buys Georgia-Pacific

Goldman takes M&A lead

CF: Telefónica bid sparks questions on leveraging

Brazil: Corporates look to securitization

Survey: The view from the CFO's chair

CF round-up: Good news for investment bankers this month...

CF round-up: Good news for Bono this month

CF round-up: GE targets agent banking

CF round-up: Burgers squeezed by a hedge

Latin America

Biggest Latin American exchanges integrate

Province of Buenos Aires hits a sweet spot

Derivatives: Trading volumes on the rise

Debt swap: Mexico pioneers warrants trade

Local currency bonds: An invaluable source of funds

Brazil's hedge funds break through

Latin America market round-up: Hugo Chávez watch

Mauá Investimentos

LATAM round-up: Argentina-IMF: bitter relations

Capitania Asset & Risk Management

Fama Investimentos

Bradesco's plan of attack

EMEA

Poland: New government set to delay EMU membership

Real estate: Islamic investment in Europe and US on the rise

Shariah-compliant fund targets healthcare

South Africa: Investors seek credit products

Lebanon: Blom acquires Misr

EMEA round-up: Fund raising

Against the tide

Look to Japan in the decade of equity

Flipside

Shacks, shebeens and securitization