August 2009

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Top stories

Risky business: Is securities restructuring the answer to problem portfolios?

Credit markets

Restructurers roll boulders uphill

Lifetime achievement awards

Lifetime achievement award - Josef Ackermann: Banking industry cannot shy away from making tough choices

Lifetime achievement award in Asia: Yam looks back

Lifetime achievement award in the Middle East: Al-Eisa proves local is best

Equity markets

Equity: Get ready to catch the IPO wave

Interest rate derivatives

Interest-rate derivatives poll 2009: Post-traumatic stress

Commodities

Banks get physical in commodities

Private banking

Private banking: Onshore drives market for Latin America’s cheerful wealthy

Asia Pacific

Korea survives the fall-out

Middle East research poll

Middle East Research 2009: A local presence is crucial

Middle East equity research poll 2009

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: Lucky Herbert

FX: South Korea raises retail margins

FX: Bank of Mexico happy with CLS

Asia news

Asian M&A rankings: Deutsche upturns the M&A order

Asian market revival: Chiefs catch a wave of cautious optimism

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?

Mongolia on the brink

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

Quotes of the month

Off the record