November 2011

Main

Top stories

Shrunk and disorderly: Why banks face a painful transition to a smaller future

Bank funding

Funding freeze pushes banks closer to the edge

Asia Pacific

Investment banking: Do more due diligence

Africa

Nigeria’s new banking landscape emerges

Country risk

Emerging Europe

Banking: Turkish delight less sweet

Latin America

Finance minister Larrain keeps driving Chile forward

Trabuco pushes Bradesco’s equal opportunities

Capital markets: Pension funds are crucial to Mexican potential

Middle East

Middle East: Local investment banks fight to survive

Best Middle East research house survey 2011: Competitive choice for those who think differently

Best managed companies in the Middle East 2011: Transparency key to success

Global Cities

Global Cities survey 2011: New York is on top despite Wall Street’s woes

Banking news

Earnings: Advisory boosts revenues, heightens competition

Compensation: Best practice on pay is ignored

Funding: Money markets cut exposure to French banks

Regulation: Vickers capital requirement ‘tip of the iceberg’

Markets news

UK issuers tap dollar demand for jumbo RMBS

Investors hold nerve as hedge fund returns plunge

Slate financing: StudioCanal signs Europe’s first slate financing

Foreign exchange: Eurozone crisis drives FX volumes

Foreign exchange: A solution for option expiry

Asia news

India: Deposit rate liberalization stirs competition

Hong Kong launches renminbi gold trading

China: Property market is on the brink

Latin America news

M&A: BTG looking to enter Brazilian retail banking

Samurai bonds: Japan interested in Latin American diversity

Retail banking: RBS exits Brazil

Bonds: International markets support Venezuelan spree

EEMEA news

Emerging Europe: Erste faces €800 million annual loss

Russia confronts new liquidity crunch

Tusk win affirms confidence in Poland

Fixed income: Aramco issues first greenfield project sukuk

AIIF2 builds promise for African infrastructure

Dubai: Emirates NBD takes over troubled Islamic lender

Comment

EFSF: How not to structure a CDO

Capital markets: Europe’s markets must thrive

Chinese municipals: Attacking the mountain with a pin

US banks climb down on fees

Banking: Locals look daunting in Latin America

Two faces of the Arab Spring

Columns

Abigail with attitude

Macaskill on markets: Biting off Moore than can be chewed

Macaskill on markets: Corzine likely to avoid crash landing with golden parachute

Against the tide: Sovereign debt crisis – Global fever pitch

Inside investment: A strategy for UK growth

Recapitalization won’t help bank funding

Front End

London protests: There goes the neighbourhood

!@*#%$ students: The dangers of financial reporting

No value in backing PIGS

Gary Gensler: How to be in two places at once

Quotes of the month

Off the record