September 2014

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Top stories

Iran's pivotal moment

World Bank/IMF

Brics bank: requiem for a dream

Central bank governor of the year

Central bank governor of the year 2014: Rajan emerges unscathed from Indian baptism of fire

Finance Minister of the Year

Finance minister of the year 2014: Reformer Videgaray transforms Mexico

Digital banking and technology

Digital banking: Clouded thinking

Digital banking: BBVA’s González – The digital banker

Digital banking: Lessons from the digital disrupters

Digital banking: Credit scoring goes social

Investment banking

M&A: Out of the frying pan... into the freezer?

Capital markets

Bond markets: Swimming not drowning

Bonds set to take centre stage in M&A financing

Real estate

Real estate survey 2014: New era of financing emerges from the ashes

Real estate survey 2014: Results index

Middle East

Bank strategy: Two ways to win the Middle East

UAE surges through the Middle East storm

Central bank governor Salamé keeps Lebanon going

Equity markets: Saudi Arabia’s big step forward

UAE/India debate: Trade and investment corridor booms

Lebanon debate: Lebanon faces up to its severe challenges

Africa

Regional investment banking strategies: Locals line up for African growth

Africa: Trade hangs in the balance

Latin America

Mexico CBG interview: Carstens stands by his rate cut

Latin America: Destination Peru

Mexican energy reforms: The test for Pemex

Brazilian public banks: Short-term gain, long-term pain?

Brazil private banking debate: Brazil’s problems prompt safety-first approach

Emerging Europe

CEE corporate bond issuance: Disintermediation begins to take root

Sanctions propel Russia towards Asia

Turkey struggles in search for sustainability

Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev's hard graph

Asia Pacific

Modi makeover ignites India’s banking leaders

Rouble traders play the waiting game

China banking: Cinda – on the ball or to the wall?

Sanctions propel Russia towards Asia

CIMB: Malaysia merger signals Apac consolidation

Banking news

Big banks don’t want to write living wills

International tax provisions crush Swiss banks

Greece seeks swifter NPL resolution regime

BAML's GTS head moves into equities in senior reshuffle

Markets news

OCC lending guidelines fail to bite as US leveraged lending surges on

ECB jumps gun with ABS purchase programme

ICMA tackles activist sovereign holdouts

Asia news

Unchain Indian finance

Asia DCM bankers ready for Basel III bond rush

Latin America news

BTG will go it alone in Mexico

Brazil: Energy options running dry

Brazil: Private banks predict end to short-term, tax-free investing

EEMEA news

Power Africa receives $6 billion boost

Pension boost provides reprieve for Polish capital markets

Emaar Malls cements Gulf turnaround story

Comment

M&A: Stock and awe

Iran: Tehran turning point

Digital banking: Big data, big headache

Retail: It’s the credit, stupid

Russian finance: Moscow’s cash cows

Economic growth: Two-speed Latin America

Columns

Abigail with attitude: No peace of mind in frontier or mainstream

Abigail with attitude: Bank blows – BES, Barclays, Deutsche

Abigail with attitude: Expanding on ‘shrinkflation’

Macaskill on markets: Finding the next big short

Macaskill on markets: Cassandra Inc is a long-term bet

Against the tide: The danger of a repricing

Inside investment: ECB palliatives and the sick men

Front End

Ice bucket challenge: Handler’s chill

Sean Park: Beck to the future?

Scam squared

Quotes of the month

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