November 2009

Main

Top stories

Finance: From the rubble to the bubble

Markets

After the crunch, THE BIG APPLE BITES BACK

Interview

Alwaleed stands firm

Latin America

Mexico’s dragons come to life

Remuneration: Brazilian bucks leave globals gasping

Peru takes its place in the sun

Banking

Investors may regret rushing back into banks

Credit markets

Securitization: Return of the living dead

Covered bonds

Covered bonds: Picking up tacks in front of the steamroller

Foreign Exchange

Have Reuters and EBS lost control of FX?

Middle East

Reality bites Dubai

Asia Pacific

Sri Lanka looks beyond euphoria

Post-bubble Vietnam faces a maturity test

Overbanked Cambodia tries to regain momentum

Emerging Europe

Turkish corporates move from tactics to strategy

Banking news

Investment banking: Will JPMorgan Europe melt after Winters?

Rights issues: European banks go it alone

Bank failures: Man the lifeboats

Mergers & Acquisitions: When will the market get better?

Equity derivatives: Structuring houses go with the flow

Wealth management: Private banks on the block

Markets news

Fixed income: Trading boosts bank revenues

Securitization: Banks start to shift retained ABS

Real Estate: Goodbye Spacs, hello Spreits

Equities: ING spoils the market karma

Foreign exchange: CME spots options opportunity

FX: State of California cries foul

FX: Brazil imposes foreign investment tax

FX: UBS sets up new prop shop

FX: New chair for FXC

Regulation: UK FSA jumps the gun on liquidity

Asia news

Boutiques: Start-ups get to work on key deals

Mongolia: Mining deal signals Mongolia’s return to the stage

Australia: The carry trade is back

Latin America news

Brazil: Market loses some of its glitter

Argentina seeks Paris Club deal

Panama takes offshore crown

Brazil: Central bank considers tighter capital rules

EEMEA news

Russia: Rusal seeks equity funding to placate creditors

Kazakhstan: Kazakh banks receive creditor and state support

Abu Dhabi: Mubadala builds a curve

Debt capital markets: Gulf states seek a bond market culture

Banking: Standard/Troika links harness new threesome

Private equity: Unicorn targets energy and healthcare buy-outs

Comment

Capital markets: Worried by a lack of concern

Beware the China bulls

Problems grow for foreign lenders in Saudi Arabia

European high-yield: Set to stay?

Distressed investments: Too hot to handle

Financial stress: A long night for emerging Europe

UBS dithers as Brazil booms

Columns

European banking: EU bares its teeth

Abigail Hofman: Off with their heads

Against the tide: Melon frappé, anyone?

Inside investment: Equities – The maths of syssy investing

Front End

LV wafts its way to UB

Keeping abreast of bonuses

RBC employees get shot at stardom

Refi-rock: A bonding experience for traders

The story of a giving banker… Patricia Keezer

Quotes of the month

Off the record