Asia Pacific
Chinese financial markets: Barbarians at the Wall
Singaporean private banking: Formula for excess
Asia: Potholes not pitfalls on Macquarie’s road
Petronas: The deal that divided the market
Afghanistan: Making money in Kabul markets
Middle East & Africa
Defaults prompt rethink of Saudi creditworthiness
Sheikh Salem AbdulAziz Al-Sabah: How Kuwait faced up to the crisis
Riad Salameh: Lebanon holds out against the storm
Gulf project finance: After globals leave, locals bridge the gap
Iran’s sell-off goes full circle
Turquoise taps Iran’s potential
Latin America
Derivatives: Mexico and Brazil come to terms with meaning of exotic
Latin America: Getting to the bottom of Banco do Brasil
Walter Bayly: BCP rides the Peruvian wave
Latin America: Banks chiefs aim to sustain the stability
Martin Redrado: The governor who survived in Argentina
Emerging Europe
Can Turkish banks avoid economic reality?
Turkey’s bright futures shrug off turbulence
Turkey debate: In a crisis, Turkey emerges stable and more confident
Russia: Medvedev pushes for a big clean-up
Regulation: Stepic warns against over-reacting
Russia debate: Russia grapples with economic transition
Banking news
Insolvency: BBVA sees opportunity in US banks’ distress
Bank of America: Lewis kicks off succession battle
Bank earnings: Margins shrink in flow business
Private banking: Global managers lose their shine
Liability management: Santander conducts jumbo tender of ABS
Markets news
Securitization: Originators eye new issues
Corporate restructuring - Valuation challenges: is it worth it?
Property derivatives: Light at the end of the tunnel
Covered bonds: UBS launches covered bond programme
Equity issuance: US IPO pipeline starts to fill
Government bond/rates: Hires - Rates allure
Municipal bonds: Build America Bonds are here to stay
Foreign exchange: BNP Paribas flies out from under the radar
People: Khlat heads to Calyon
FX: Deutsche adds algos to autobahnFX
FX: Saxo maintains revenues
FX: Welsh returns to the market
Latin America news
Exchanges: BM&F Bovespa feels fee pressure
Chile: Celfin and Goldman in derivatives alliance
Central America: El Salvador plans $800mln issue
Argentina: New pragmatism opens door to capital markets
Peru: Stocks trade as rare commodity
EEMEA news
UAE: Lower capital-adequacy guidelines spark concerns
Russia: VEB joins Macquarie in infrastructure fund
Equities: Bullish outlook for CEE stock markets
Slovakia: EBRD helps pave the way for road PPPs
Debt capital markets: Sistema issue points to fixed-income recovery
Kenya: Two issues set to triple bond market’s size
Sovereign wealth funds: Gulf state funds’ new look
Turkey: Bright futures shrug off turbulence
Comment
New capital rules: Get the timing right too
Debt markets: Bring back the syndicate!
Gulf states: The west Asian chimera
Rating agencies: An end to free speech?
China: The march of the yuan
Offshore private banking lives on
