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No proof were needed that senior bankers never really retire – they just sit in their gardens waiting to be headhunted: Just seven months after stepping down as general manager of the Bank of International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, Andrew Crockett has been lured out of retirement by JPMorgan Chase to take up a senior role with its financial institutions group in Asia. The 60-year-old will be based in New York but will be a “frequent visitor” to Asia, according to JPMorgan, and began his new job last month with visits to Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.

The building blocks of wealth. By Rupert Hoogewerf

Singapore Technologies has completed the largest equity-linked funding from Asia this year. The two simultaneous exchangeable bond issues were greeted with a greedy reception by investors, despite pricing that a year ago would have been considered extreme. Mark B. Johnson reports.

China continues with its privatization programme and technology mania has returned with a vengeance. Number one this year is a 32-year-old IT geek. By Rupert Hoogewerf

Let's try the shop across the road

Growing wealth brings with it growing power. The entrepreneurs listed below are those we believe have the greatest influence on the burgeoning private sector. By Rupert Hoogewerf

The Chinamoney Real-Estate Influence 50 is the first peer-to-peer ranking of mainland China's most influential people in the burgeoning real-estate industry.

Many famous names among Asia's equity brokers have quit or been swallowed by ever-expanding banking organizations. Chris Leahy explores the secrets of three that have survived.

Some strange candidates are expected to be running for president in the Philippines next year. Abby Tan looks at their chances and the part that the economy will play in the campaign.

Chinese companies are increasingly turning to the stock market to raise capital for expansion. With government plans to privatize a big chunk of state-owned assets, equity owners are fast coming into their own. Research shows that 50 entrepreneurs control among them US$20 billion in the tradable market capital of Mainland-owned companies. By Rupert Hoogewerf

As businessmen gradually win more public recognition for their role in the economy, debate is raging: How deep to dig? Entrepreneurs are clamoring for bygones to be bygones, promising to behave themselves from now on, writes Rupert Hoogewerf.

Soccer and the art of motorcycle maintenance. By Rupert Hoogewerf