June 2013

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Top stories

The day of the hybrids: Is the flowering corporate market as attractive as it seems?

BBVA’s tier 1 capital: Trigger unhappy

Debt capital markets

Foreign banks fight on in US DCM

Debt capital markets surveys

Primary debt survey 2013: Bankers feast as investors are left with crumbs

Primary debt 2013: Results index

Best borrowers 2013: EFSF reviews its benchmark strategy

Best borrowers 2013: France enjoys record low yields

Best borrowers 2013: Results index

Fixed income research 2013: Results index

Transaction banking

Transaction banks: The chicken or the reg?

Decisions loom on correspondent banking

Western Europe

Sovereign bonds: Portugal passes milestone on a difficult road

Europe’s regional governments hunt for efficient funding

Emerging Europe

Disintermediation takes root in Turkey

Asia Pacific

Asia: Cerberus enters the Lions’ den

Vietnamese PE toils with investors

Mongolia banks on mining project

Latin America

Latin America: Are emerging market indices telling the right story?

Pimco aims to make the most of its advantage

Banking news

Restructuring: Flowers slams Europe over inaction

European banks warn of regulatory fragmentation

Deutsche is a capital convert

Equity: Financial institutions weigh up IPOs

Markets news

‘Rigged’ credit markets a yield trap for the unwary

Sovereign bonds: Italian 30-year bond caps periphery rally

Bank debt: Senior lenders face up to reality of bail-in

Falling inflation expectations a game-changer for the Australian dollar

Private equity caught between rock and a hard place

Asia news

Softbank Sprint M&A: Dish bid expected to spark prolonged fight

Equities: Sinopec and Galaxy boost IPO confidence

Latin America news

Debt capital markets: Fixed-income investors lap up Mexico

Wealth management: UBS seeks Brazilian growth through family offices

Equity capital markets: BB Seguridade shows the risk in Brazil

EEMEA news

Middle East: Saudi investment banks hope for new openings

M&A: New paradigm emerges for Egyptian dealmaking

Emerging Europe: Slovenia buys time with reform package

Poland: Pensions battle threatens Warsaw’s hub

Comment

Financial transaction tax: Banks might learn the cost of crying wolf

European pension funding: A small victory in a bigger war

Qatar and VTB: Kindred spirits in Russia and the Gulf

Investment: Why go Down Under when you can go to St Kitts?

Asia DCM is too hot to handle

Columns

Abigail with attitude: Dimon’s whale sees off shareholder minnows

Abigail with attitude: Africa in for Diamond, Asia out for Barclays

Abigail with attitude: Mark Carney – the new Bob Diamond?

Bloomberg data wars: Into darkness

Macaskill on markets: JPMorgan needs a president, not a new chairman

Against the tide: Brunettes not Goldilocks

Inside investment: Stupid is as stupid does

Investment banking: Earnings raise dividend hopes

Front End

Smile bright like a Diamond

DSK banks on South Sudan

Investing from the heart

Barclays: Exit Ricci

Quotes of the month

Off the record

Nordics and Baltics

ABG Sundal Collier joins elite

Best managed companies in the Nordics & Baltics 2013: Results index

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