Debt markets news & analysis
Hybrids: Asian retail tier 1 market reopens
Hybrids: Long-awaited Munich Re tier 1 appears
Supranationals: World Bank freshens benchmark programme
Debt: More SSA benchmarks?
Debt market round up: Lehman’s new head of fixed income
Debt market round up: Cottle’s circus
Structured finance news & analysis
ABS CDOs: False dawn for ABS CDOs
Credit derivatives: Stunning debut for LCDX
Whole-business securitization: RBS structures university funding conduit
Hybrid CMBS: A short stay at Center Parcs
SF market round up: Merrill suffers multiple departures
SF market round up: Barclays loses Ford
Foreign exchange news
Structured products: CFXOs bring in new investors
Exchanges: FXMS struggles to gain traction
Regulation: The challenge of Mifid
FX market round up: Jeffery quits Icap
FX market round up: Kuwait ends dollar peg
FX market round up: Refco’s FXCM stake up for grabs
Equity markets news
Exchanges: Eurex finally gains foothold in US – but where’s the beef?
Equity derivatives: Swapping dates earns dividends
Trading platforms: ATSs race to open up Canadian market
Trading systems: Turquoise elephant
Equity market round up: The month in numbers
Equity People moves: Bear Stearns
Alternative investments news
Private Equity: Private equity houses need to find an alternative to club deals
Hedge fund listings: Goldman keeps private exchange plan under wraps
Litigation: Isda and Fed back Bear Stearns
Dillon Read Capital Management: UBS does a U-turn
AI Profile: Wessex Asset Management taps demand for water
AI market round up: Shorting still okay, leverage up
AI market round up: Citadel funds upgraded
Asia news
Asian economies: Black swans 10 years on
Equity markets: Hedging, Vietnam style
Hong Kong: HK exchange feels the pinch
Asia market round up: Dark pools in Japan…
Asia market round up: …Clean water in Asia
Latin America news
Latin American credit research: Poor research poses risks to investors
Commodities: São Paolo BM&F ready to sell carbon credits
Argentina: State pension could undermine private funds
Brazil: Prices in the clouds drive ethanol growth organic
Borrower view: TAM bonds fly high
Latin America market round up: Chávez watch
Latin America market round up: Colombia extends capital controls
Latin America market round up: UBS grabs Citi loans expert
EEMEA news
South Africa: Evercrest’s fall prompts rethink
Noman al-Suhaibi, Finance minister interview: Yemen plays catch-up
Russia: VTB puts on a good show with $8 billion IPO
Qatar: Emirate funds hi-tech future
Turkmenistan: Russia scores winner with gas
Middle East: Securitization hots up with second Saudi deal
EEMEA market round up: Fitch issues debt warning
EEMEA market round up: Citi structures Russian MBS
EEMEA market round up: Editor’s note
Market leaders
Securitization – but not as we know it
Exchanges have little to fear from competition
The two faces of Russia’s capital markets
What can investment bankers learn from DRCM?
The decline of the pure bond issue
Islamic finance meets the mortgage challenge