March 2006

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Top stories

Guillermo Nielsen exclusive: Inside Argentina’s financial crisis

Investment banking

Inside Citigroup’s plans for emerging markets domination

Can German banks learn a French lesson?

Hedge funds

Hedge funds: Forget lawyers, learn from a real active manager

Latin America

LATAM Issuers ride high on hysterical quest for yield

LATAM: Foreign banks open a second front

LATAM: Issuers and investors get a taste for local debt

Best-managed LATAM companies 2006

The LDI debate

LDI Debate: Bridging the void

Western Europe

Portugal’s banks consider their next move

Middle East

MIDEAST: Lack of products makes investors demand more

The FX debate

FX debate: The growing pains of foreign exchange

Emerging Europe

Russian banks come with high price tag

Country risk

Country risk March 2006

Asia Pacific

Korea: How Hynix emerged from the perfect storm

Malaysian M&A is anything but easy

Taiwan seeks to redraw its financial landscape

Thai smiles win back foreign investors

Why SCB’s Khunying Jada Watthanasiritham is excited by Thai markets

India breaks the circle of distressed debt

Debt markets news & analysis

FIG Watch: Santander capitalizes on a worldwide view

Covered bonds: UK banks gain parity

Syndicated loans: How hedge funds have shaken up lending

DM Hybrid deals: The wisdom of Wits acknowledged by the Fed

Trade bodies: Debt associations set up talking shop

DCM round up: Moving in and moving on . . .

Structured credit news

Public sector: Labour’s crisis of confidence threatens progress of UK PFI

Credit derivatives: Go easy on the curves

CDOs: Old hands face up the shock of the new

Structured credit round up: CLOs… just in time

Structured credit round up: CDS backlog attacked

Foreign exchange news

ECNs: FXall set for partial sale to private equity buyer

Options pricing: Options open up

Algorithmic trading: BoA harnesses rocket science for trading race

FX round up: Dave Tait reaches new peaks

FX round up: New boss for SG

FX round up: Dealer costs JPM Chase $6 million

Equity markets news

Single-stock futures: Eurex hopes for SSF boom

Stock markets: Markets with weak currencies perform better

Post-trade processing: Banks want consolidated clearing and settlement

Mifid 2 proposals soothe smaller firms’ fears

ECM round up: DrKW catches the blog bug

ECM round up: People moves: Lazaro and Rowntree

ECM round up: Number of the month: 73.4

Fund management news

Prime brokers: Hedge funds go outsourcing

Wealth management: Credit Suisse looks set to acquire in the US

Middle East: Hedge funds lead growth

German real estate is not an open-and-shut case

FM round-up: Women are the safer sex

FM round-up: What managers are watching

FM round-up: CME . . . That’s snow index

Corporate finance news

Second-lien financing: Untapped resource or risk?

Shareholder rights: Pennsylvania bails out Sovereign Bancorp

M&A advice: Consultancies are ready for big-ticket deals

Treasury services: Santander moves on two fronts

Sarbanes-Oxley: PCAOB under fire

CF round up: Arcelor bolsters its defence with Morgan Stanley

CF round up: Costamagna quits Goldman

Asia news

Equity markets: Start of something big in China

Debt markets: Hybrids head to Asia

Hutchison Whampoa: Mixed signals from 3G float

China: Universal discussion puts focus on deregulation

Asia round-up: Tough start for Citi

Asia round-up: Hedge funds crucial for brokers

Asia round-up: Correction

Latin America news

Argentina: Debt exchange warrants pay dividends for investors

Environmental finance: Brazil pioneers carbon credits market

Multilaterals: IDB needs to diversify funding strategy

Argentine hold-outs: Speculation mounts on sovereign’s next move

Latin America market round up: Hugo Chávez watch

LATAM round up: Bradesco Investment Bank

LATAM round up: Metrofinanciera ponders a perp

EEMEA news

Saudi Arabia: Gulf debut for Islamic RMBS

Egypt: Debt needs derivatives

Iran: Private banks still opening

Nigeria: Analysts question oil producer’s new rating

Russia: Sovereign goes out to 30 years

EEMEA market round-up: Kazakhstan

EEMEA market round-up: Russia

EEMEA market round-up: Turkey

EEMEA market round-up: Ukraine

Market leaders

An apology: Mark Stainton

Emerging markets enter unknown territory

The stand-off begins: M&A risk increases for bond investors

Hedge funds: How to be the prime de la prime

Citigroup fails to solve the China conundrum

What the IDB must do to stay relevant

It’s time to play catch-up in financial sponsor business

Letter to the editor: The FX debate – a response from RBS

Columns

Lessons learnt from Argentina’s financial crisis

Inside Investment: Don’t write off DWS’s flying doctor

ECB Watch: Changing faces, changing places

Against the Tide: The struggle for power in Europe

Front End

Bike race: FX pedallers on an uphill learning curve

A big buzz in Manila

Lehman’s defensive play is a boost to the Steelers

Multi-talented intern offers “everything but intercourse"

Is bondcast the new podcast?

Off the Record

Quotes of the month

Supplements

The 2011 guide to Technology in Treasury Management

Research guide: Guide to Asean Securities