Emerging Europe
Banking M&A: Banks scramble for the last of the rich pickings
EBRD fast-tracks asset-backed securities
Czech success seeks funding to fulfil eastern promise
Russians switch on to the equity culture
Russia’s state companies set for crackdown on borrowing
Kazakh banks face market shake-up
Market leaders
Lavagna’s legacy in Argentina
Never mind the quality, feel the width
China is endangered by anti-foreign flu
Debt markets cannot disclose something that doesn’t exist
Is India the future for investment banks?
Less could mean more from EU regulators
Debt
Hybrid debt: US issues are no longer a basket case
Debt restructuring: UKLA gives equity a seat at the workout table
High-yield debt: GMAC aims to profit from year-end sales
M&A: Telefónica connects with 02
Covered bonds: It’s time to get picky, says UBS
DM round-up: Hybrid on high yield
DM round-up: Lazell jumps from BNPP ship
DM round-up: Not quite as MAD as before
Structured credit
Acquisition financing: Punch wins Spirit
Securitization: Lazio gets biggest ever revolving commitment
Structured Credit: BNP Paribas’s second Dynamo
Trustee services: Corporate trustees build new role
Credit derivatives: Fitch says AIG dominates protection
SC round-up: FSA’s valuable force
SC round-up: Dresdner’s retail leaseback
SC round-up: End of year crush
Foreign Exchange
Currencies: FX funds hit the retail market
Market forecasts: Will the dollar weaken in 2006?
Trading: Answers to the problem with FX
FX round-up: Search the results
FX round-up: FX committee warns on retail
FX round-up: EBS up for sale… apparently
Equity markets
Investment strategy: Equities are the new bonds
Insolvencies: Surge of failures expected
Market prospects: S&P changes mind on prices
Privatization: Telecom Egypt rings in $891 million IPO
Equity round-up: Mistake of the month
Equity round-up: Oops, I did it again
Equity round-up: More end-of-year bloopers
Fund management
Alternative investments: Investors want Lloyd’s exposure
Institutional investment: AGI aims to tap more European institutions
Hedge funds’ control of Man U draws closer
Regulation: Ucits III has managers scratching their heads
Funds of funds: A new role for FoHFs?
Indices: FTSE takes ABN further
FM round-up: Vacant position of the month
FM round-up: M&A rumour of the month
FM round-up: Trial of the month
FM round-up: Angry client of the month
Corporate finance
Private equity: Dunkin’ and divin’ around the doughnut issue
Leveraged finance: TDC is Europe’s biggest LBO
Private equity: Recaps suffer as leverage multiples rocket
Hedge funds: Icahn takes activism to the next level
Asia Pacific
Regional prospects: Firing on all four cylinders?
Real estate: It’s raining Reits
Private banking: Competition gets hot
Malaysia: Big guns outmanoeuvre local lender
China: PBOC moves into FX swaps
Singapore: CAO’s flame is rekindled
Hong Kong: UK hedge fund takes on HK
Asia round-up: ANZ finds a Chinese home
Asia round-up: India’s capital moves
Thais spar over pension reforms
Latin America
Markets: Prepare for a bumpy year ahead
Argentina: An unknown quantity
Non-performing loans: Bad debt levels improve
Infrastructure investment: Ideal boost to Mexico’s needs
Debt capital markets: Ecuador wakes to a new dawn
Latin America market round-up: Hugo Chávez watch
LATAM round-up: Brazil: economy contracts
JPMorgan launches new Latin charm offensive
EMEA
Macedonia: EU nod boosts Macedonia’s debut Eurobond
Hungary: Rating taken down a notch
Russia: $30 billion for state coffers
Abu Dhabi: NBAD sets new FRN record
Securitization: Boom is only just beginning
EMEA round-up: Equity trends in 2006
