Banking news
Best bank award: Geoghegan appeals to banks and governments
Book review - Maestro, my ass! How we got into this mess: Breaking the Maestro’s baton
Has the asset management love affair ended?
Spain: Cajas undone by their models
Markets news
Credit derivatives: OTC CDS clearing moves ahead
Asset-backed securities: PPIP reconfigured
Corporate finance: UK utilities seize refinancing opportunities
FX: More changes at BofA Merrill Lynch
FX: Jeffery leaves SuperDerivatives
FX: Change of role for Deutsche’s Hansen
FX: Morgan Stanley splashes the cash
FX: CIBC makes senior appointments
FX: South Korea raises retail margins
FX: Bank of Mexico happy with CLS
Latin America news
Argentina: Companies look to new funding sources
Venezuela: Government plans debt binge
Equity capital markets: ICA deal wakes Mexican equity market
Latam investment banking: Barclays pushes Lehman forward
EEMEA news
Israel: Controlling stakes leave unpleasant taste
Kazakhstan: Restructuring may reveal emperor’s new clothes
Africa: Investments return, with a difference
Uncertainty clouds Croatian outlook
Market leaders
Financial markets: More buyers than sellers
Sovereign wealth funds: Goodyear retreat raises strategic issues for Temasek
Buyers should beware in rush for emerging markets
Corporate financing: Too big to survive?
Iranian bank privatizations: another power grab?
No easy way out for Mexican firms
Columns
Guaranteed bonuses return
Abigail Hofman: A tale of two streets
Abigail Hofman: Awards for Excellence
Abigail Hofman: HSBC has had a good crisis
Abigail Hofman: Identity crisis at Morgan Stanley?
Abigail Hofman: The rise of self-effacement
Against the tide: The weight of debt
Inside Investment: Of hedgehogs, foxes and mere human beings
Front End
Transparency Japanese style: Aso sorry
Barclays Capital: Freddie Flint-off
Madoff looks to lock in comfort zone
S&P: Talk the talk, walk the walk
Enron the play: Hard knocks
