December 2013

Main

Top stories

Chain reaction: Can the need for SME finance set Europe’s securitization market free?

SME finance: Weak loan demand is the real problem, say banks

Securitization: Bankers question merits of EIB’s SME solution

Latin America

Petrobras walks the debt/capital tightrope

Petrobras: Supplier finance

Brazilian equities: The OGX effect

Exchanges

Exchanges: Nasdaq reels from double blow

Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange: Fix scandal might herald the end of voice broking

Asia Pacific

Asia’s unhealthy Alibaba obsession

Mergers & acquisitions

China consolidates its Latin American presence

China

China’s crucial Shanghai trade

Turkey debate

Turkey debate: Turkey looks towards global financial centre status

Africa

Ecobank faces moments of truth

Banking news

Central bank steps into BES row

Eurozone banks’ NPL crisis threatens to derail recovery

Weber sees ECB stress test as a big uncertainty

Transaction banking: Transaction revenues stable but under pressure

Markets news

LT2 Group set to take the reins at Co-op Bank after sub debt holders attack

Structured credit: They’re back! Leveraged super seniors return

Fix investigation switches focus to real-money clients

Leveraged finance: Aggressive levfin deals become the norm

Asia news

Asia ECM: Cinda exits shadows with IPO

China: Has FTA snub driven Shanghai’s FTZ?

China private equity in transition

EEMEA news

Romgaz IPO raises bar for Romanian listings

Russians play commodities as US banks retreat

Islamic liquidity project faces Saudi hurdle

Nigeria banks’ results belie equity enthusiasm

Latin America news

Brazil builds its way to growth

Latin America banking: Political risk slows China’s progress

Fears of Venezuelan instability increase

Comment

Russia: Too many thrills, too few buyers

Fannie and Freddie: Double or quits

Brazil’s cup is half full

The SME funding challenge

Fragments of Asia

Columns

Abigail with attitude: Bubbles and burning topics for 2014

Abigail with attitude: How Euromoney brought Lloyds and Aberdeen together

Abigail with attitude: Co-op's Flowers the 'Crystal Methodist'

Macaskill on markets: JPMorgan bids up industry legal costs

The Volcker rule: a modest proposal

Against the tide: The eurozone’s nexus of debt

Inside investment: Cash is a strategic asset

Front End

Cosa Hester

Li Ka-shing is permanently trending

Verizon’s calling card

Choral relief

Quotes of the month

Off the record