Asia Pacific
Shamshad Akhtar interview: Pakistan’s central bank head takes an optimistic view
Asian private banking: Still room for growth
Private banking: Banks race to keep up with China’s rich
Thailand looks to a return to growth
Credit markets news
Credit crunch: Novelty Bear is no toy
CDOs: Fitch won’t add to crisis
Credit markets regulation: Desperate measures…
LCDS: LevX roll may revive LCDS in Europe
Leveraged loans: Desperate times
Covered bonds: Packmohr plan unpacked
Extendible notes: X-notes soldier on
Central banks: ECB’s repo window open
Morgan Stanley winds up SPG
Credit markets round up: Double Dutch
Credit markets round up: RBC Capital Markets builds lev fin
Credit markets round up: Merrill EMEA fixed income co-head steps down
Foreign exchange news
StanChart: too big to be niche
Trading and execution: Execution for lost alpha
Trading and execution: Oanda launches physical delivery service
Settlement: CLS bursts through $10 trillion ceiling
Foreign exchange market round up: Wells retires from Citi
Foreign exchange market round up: But Citi hires from UBS
Foreign exchange market round up: Deutsche suspends two
Equity markets news
Equity derivatives: Investors fear structured note counterparty risk
Equity trading: Like a horse and buggy in the Daytona 500
Equity capital markets: Jumbo IPOs stand up to their worst enemy
Small caps: An end to US exceptionalism
Equity market round up: The month in money
Equity market round up: Move of the month - Deutsche Bank
Alternative investments news
Insurance: Vehicles want more insurance
Germany: Distressed debt will suffer from risk limitation
Activist hedge funds: Party ain’t over for activists
Leveraged buyouts: Investors want in as buyout firms look out
Alternative investments round up: Who’s smiling?
Alternative investments round up: Who’s not?
Asia news
M&A: Tata says hello to Land Rover and Jaguar
Sri Lanka: Hearts and jobs in Sri Lanka
India: Real estate feels the pinch
Vietnam: The price of progress
Asia market round up: Tokyo HQ sell-off
Asia market round up: China real estate mark-down
Latin America news
Sovereign wealth funds: Copper lifts Chile’s reserves
Latin America: Merrill Lynch grows as UBS shrinks
Electronic trading: Portal alliance aims to facilitate 144a issuance
Hedge funds: First Avenue taps Brazil with fund of funds
Soft commodities: Argentina seeks a crop of cash
Banking: BBVA plans new Brazil platform
Chávez watch: Venezuela seeks payments in euros
Latin America market round up: Banco Real boss to head Santander Brazil
Latin America market round up: Itaú opens in Tokyo
EEMEA news
African banking: Barclays and Absa fall out over bank sales
Russia: Tougher funding times ahead
Kazakhstan: No pain, no gain for banks
Energy finance: Oando makes history upstream in Nigeria
Infrastructure: Merrill Lynch offers Russia infrastructure play
Bahrain: Gulf International rescued from sub-prime losses
Southeastern Europe: Go south for long-term returns
EEMEA market round up: Russian securities to be less taxing
EEMEA market round up: Moody’s puts Montenegro on map
EEMEA market round up: Gulf partnership in management
EEMEA market round up: DMCC buys Shariah Capital stake
Market leaders
The good old days for hedge funds: Goodbye to all that
Rockier road ahead for local-currency markets
After Bear Stearns what next? There aren’t that many JPMorgans
Markets: False rumours abound
BNP Paribas and Soc Gen: A marriage of inconvenience?
Brazilian government stuck with appreciation dilemma
Sovereign wealth funds: Ex Japan
Covered bonds: It’s credit, pure and simple
