World Bank/IMF
Central Bank Governor of the Year 2008: Outstanding contribution to finance
Central Bank Governor of the Year 2008: Guillermo Ortiz, Mexico
Finance Minister of the Year 2008 Outstanding contribution
Finance Minister of the Year 2008: Xie Xuren, China
Feast and famine as food prices soar
Commodities: Investors plough a new furrow in agri-finance
Country risk September 2008: Money talks in a world of risk
Debates
Middle East real estate debate: Middle East real estate holds its own in unsteady global markets
African debate: Opening up Africa’s investment potential
Supply chain debate: Why senior management needs to come up to scratch
Prime brokerage debate: How to profit by keeping hedge funds happy
Middle East & Africa
Iran condemns US sanctions as "financial terrorism"
Iran: Privatization Ahmadinejad-style
Can the West Bank spring a surprise?
Middle Eastern bank management: Expansion remains top of the agenda for confident bank chiefs
Foreigners tap Saudi boom through the family
Lebanese banking: Lots more eggs, a few more baskets
Middle East boutiques: New financial institutions get a warm welcome
Syria seeks to underpin economic stability
Damascus is on the road to a stock market sooner or later
Middle East real estate debate: Middle East real estate holds its own in unsteady global markets
Sub-Saharan Africa: Where no banks have been before
Nigeria’s banks outpace political change
African debate: Opening up Africa’s investment potential
Emerging Europe
Turkey: It’s about the journey, not the destination
VTB: Primed to be a champion, performing as an also-ran
Russian PE: A bull play in a bear market
ENRC: Kazakh miner needs to show its mettle
Kazakh banking: Marchenko keeps Halyk on the straight and narrow
CEE bank management: Top bankers try to stay bullish on emerging Europe
CEE banking: Is the boom time on hold?
Asia Pacific
Banking: What lies behind China’s opening door?
India’s state-owned banks compete with private firms
Swan is happy, but not all Australians are so impressed
The Philippines: Teves faces up to taxing issues
Bank Indonesia seeks to restore its reputation
East Timor: The world’s most important sovereign wealth fund?
Cambodia’s growl too quiet to be Asia’s next tiger yet
Credit markets news
Infrastructure financing: Banks bridge BAA’s bond exit
Covered bonds: Storm clouds gather over covered bonds
Frequent borrowers: Higher demand for SSA, but second tier pay more
Pfandbriefe: VDP attempts normalcy in abnormal market
Legal: Quicker fix for bondholders
People: New origination role for Lee
Yen bonds: Search for liquidity heads to Japan
Credit market round up: ECB impact muted
Credit market round up: MBIA wraps FGIC
Foreign exchange news
Exchange rates: Sterling has summertime blues
India: Futures get off to modest start in India
China: Travelex gets green light
FX market round up: State Street role for Puth
FX market round up: StanChart takes McDonald away
FX market round up: CLS makes senior hire
Equity markets news
Bank Rights issues: Bradford & Bingley makes three
Exchanges: With Nymex, CME creates a global player
Structured products: Double your guess for retail market’s size
Equity market round up: Adverse market conditions hit IPO pipeline
Alternative investments news
Commodity trading advisers: CTAs put in good performance
Corporate governance: Hedge funds need independent directors
India: Double tax treaties pull private equity into India
Private equity: Lone Star shines through gloom
AI market round up: Asian hedge fund inflows fall
AI market round up: Replicators not capturing beta
AI market round up: Andor shuts down
AI market round up: Basis coughs up
Asia news
Korea: KEB still stuck in limbo
China: Banks play down financial risks
Islamic finance: Indonesia makes Shariah funding breakthrough
Japan: Agency borrowers go their own way
Bangladesh: Telco surprises with country’s biggest-ever IPO
Asia market round up: People moves special
Latin America news
Securitization: Fewer, larger issues keep Mexican ABS markets buoyant
Investment-grade status makes Peru a darling
Brazil: Difficult times are lucrative for debt bankers
Banking: Power shift puts Brazil in the driving seat
Chávez watch: Bank of Venezuela to be nationalized
Latin American market round up: Bradesco teams up with Mitsubishi
Latin American market round up: Butterfield Bank merges with Fulcrum
EEMEA news
Russia: Reminders of the risks as well as rewards
Africa: Sub-Saharan markets lose their glitter
Poland: Private equity still strong
Infrastructure finance: Gulf houses open specialist funds
Investment banking: EFG Hermes extends its international reach
Serbia: Russians eye Serb bank market
Iran: Securitization comes to Iran
Georgia: Paying the price of integrity
EEMEA market round up: VTB adds weight in London
EEMEA market round up: Mint makes restaurant reservation
EEMEA market round up: Record Gulf rights issues
Market leaders
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailout: No more free markets in the land of the free
Derivatives: Beijing grapples with an inverted world
Pakistan: Musharraf’s financial legacy
Securitization: Distressed asset buyer beware
Privatization and nationalization: Two models of state capitalism
Banking: Is change as good as a rest?
Gloom descends on emerging markets
Foreigners get Saudi access in swaps
Commodities: Remission not cure
