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October 2008

Main

Top stories

Hank Paulson: The last master of the universe

The Sovietization of US finance… …and how to avoid it

Asia Pacific

Meet Mr Pakistan

Wirjawan aims to clean up in Indonesian private equity

Australia

Australia: Westpac whirlwind sweeps up St George

Cash management

Cash management poll 2008: Cash captains see their ship come in

Western Europe

Lloyds/HBOS: the shotgun wedding years in the making

Can Spain’s banks stave off doomsayers?

Greek banks face down the crisis

Emerging Europe

Balkan banking: Time to talk

Kazakhstan: The rise and fall of a banking sector

Longevity risk debate

Longevity risk debate: How pension schemes cope with an ageing population

Credit markets news

Credit default swaps: CDS market faces up to a new reality

Debt Capital markets: Takeovers mean all change in DCM league table

Agencies: Freddie tries to reassure investors on Asia tour

Covered bonds ride bank failures

Money markets: Short-end pressure explodes

Credit market round-up: Citi makes DCM appointments

Credit market round-up: Lehman rates sales team raided

Credit market round-up: Markit frees data

Equity markets news

Exchanges: War for MTF market share spreads

US pension funds sell volatility via autocallables

AIG collapse hits unsuspecting ETF investors

Equity market round-up: A great time to raise capital

Foreign exchange news

CLS Bank: CLS passes the Lehman test

FX futures: Competition comes to exchange-traded FX

Electronic trading: Deutsche has problems rolling over

FX market round-up: Millennium wins Aussie mandate

FX market round-up: JPM launches new platform, becomes CCP to Currenex

FX market round-up: Saxo cuts workforce

Alternative investments news

Prime brokerage: All change in prime brokerage

Private equity: Citadel cleans up on Wall Street

Value investing: Omaha’s oracle is not the only one to see value

AI market round-up: A month in shorting regulations

Hedge funds news

Hedge funds: Staying in the game in a much-changed world

Hedge funds: Data

Asia news

Investment banking: Can Nomura’s Lehman buy make the firm a force in Asia?

Chinese cautious about bottom-fishing for banks

Asia Market round-up: Fortis pulls Ping An deal

Asia Market round-up: UBS tops Asia-Pac nine-month IB table

Latin America news

Latam Capital Markets: Bond market turns to plan B

Colombia: Colombian banks have bright future

Mexico: S&P assigns recovery ratings in Mexico

Central America: IADB pushes stock exchange merger

Argentina: Repayment efforts still to convince investors

Chávez watch – US ambassador sent packing

Latin America round-up: Unibanco eyes AIG’s Brazil stake

Latin America round-up: Digicel to invest in central America

EEMEA news

Russia: Cracks start to appear in banking edifice

United Arab Emirates: Central bank moves to avert bursting of credit bubble

Islamic finance: Binladin Group sells Mecca’s first sukuk

Asset Management: Hedge fund pitches up in Uzbekistan

Investment banking: Can Nomura’s Lehman buy make the firm a force in Asia?

Seychelles at risk of defaults

EEMEA round-up: RenCap ups the ante with Onexim tie-up

EEMEA round-up: Deutsche takes Russian fund position

EEMEA round-up: Dubai Islamic Bank appoints new CEO

Market leaders

Intervention: Europe steps up to the challenge

Unicredit: A victim of its own success

CDS: Dead market walking

Goldman stays prepared

Argentina: Worth holding out for

Don’t want no short-sellers round here!

The bond game changes

Indian banking: ICICI faces up to adverse sentiment

Japanese banking: Chickens or wise men?

Commodities: Africa’s oil boom should be approached with caution

Columns

Fixing the money markets is more important than any bail-out

Abigail Hofman: A week can be an eternity in the financial markets

Inside Investment: An ultra-long solution

Against the Tide: Socializing risk is not a long-term cure

Front End

The Euromoney spoilt goods index

This hurts you more than it hurts us…

You know you’re in a recession when…

Kotaro Tamura: Chicken banks and The Selfish Gene

Becoming modesty at Lehman

Quotes of the month

Off the record