Credit markets news
RMBS: HBOS sets a much-needed benchmark for Europe
Leveraged loans: Sponsors buy their own loans
Covered bonds: Mixed fortunes for Iberian borrowers
Credit Markets round-up: Frontini off
Credit Markets round-up: BNP promotes Egan, Marks
Equity markets news
Trading: Banks swim in dark pools
Exchange traded funds: Regulations eased in the US
Capital markets: NYSE-Euronext jumps into Gaap
Small caps: LSE offers research
Equity market round-up: The month in numbers
Equity market round-up: Nasdaq OMX chooses Fortis
Alternative investments news
Performance: Blow-ups can be predicted
Investment trends: Investors look east and south
Distressed ABS face legal risk
Emerging markets: Focus launches emerging markets FoHF
AI market round-up: US hedge fund managers gloomy
AI market round-up: Citi hedge fund head leaves
AI market round-up: Hedge fund IPOs
AI market round-up: Largest global emerging markets PE fund closes
Asia news
Philippines: Oil and rice undo hard work
Pakistan: Economy buoyant despite political turbulence
Japan: Dividends up, earnings down
Korea: A friend to business
Banking: Maybank buys in Pakistan
Asia market round-up: Top CS bankers head east
Asia market round-up: Deutsche Japan snags ex-Lehman chairman
Latin America news
Equity capital markets: Brazil suffers IPO indigestion
Investment banking: Banks shake up management
Investment management: BlackRock begins Latin American expansion
Chávez watch: Venezuela strikes deal with Japanese firms
Latin America round-up: Oi buys Brasil Telecom
Latin America round-up: Brazil to manage $20 billion
EEMEA news
Microfinance: Stan Chart and IFC free MFIs
South Africa: Inflation set to fall, says central bank governor
Euro may increase Slovakia’s charms
Ukraine: MHP feeds appetite for farming
Portugal/Angola: BPI’s Angolan dilemma
Saudi Arabia: Ma’aden builds aluminium industry from scratch
EEMEA round-up: Blackstone adds weight in Turkey
EEMEA round-up: Russia – Deutsche regroups, Merrill’s head quits
EEMEA round-up: Burgan goes regional
Market leaders
Pay attention to corporate cash
HBOS attempts a jump-start
It’s time for the raters to come clean
Investment banking: Asia’s finest defy the global squeeze
Citi makes a timely move to Dubai
Argentina’s time for decisiveness
Brazil’s upgrade prompts scepticism
Investment banks: Debt clouds have an equity lining