January 2012
Senior Portuguese bankers have hit back at critics that suggest the country is set for a Greek-style default on its loans, despite a surge in the cost of sovereign debt
January 2012
While transformational big-bank mergers remain on hold, Euromoney learns that lots of small deals for FIG bankers will boost M&A activity
January 2012
Bankers predict the next round of ECB financing could top €1 trillion. But it will take more than an LTRO-induced liquidity injection to fix Europe’s banks
January 2012
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January 2012
CVAs and DVAs are once again liberally peppered into financial institutions' company earnings
January 2012
Euromoney takes a look at how banks need to fundamentally change the way they do business
January 2012
By industry standards, Hester deserved a bonus from RBS; by political imperative, he should never have agreed to accept it. But could this dreadful saga be a mere warm-up for bank bonus season in the UK and beyond?
January 2012
Cost of protection under scrutiny as demand for risk transfer grows.
January 2012
National Bank of Kuwait’s universal banking ambitions are closely tied to the growth of its investment banking and markets unit.
January 2012
Russia’s capital markets remain upbeat, despite negative forecasts from the IMF. Amid the eurozone crisis, market players see an opportunity for the country to prove itself as a developed and reliable financial centre. Bankers, investors and issuers discuss what needs to happen next.
January 2012
Banks face tough decisions on how hard they should fight to retain sales and trading market share in different sectors, as the great deleveraging drive of 2012 gets under way.
January 2012
Brazil is one of the largest and fastest growing emerging markets for investment banking. And the locals are coming out on top. The lesson for other emerging markets, they say, is to neutralize international banks’ claims over distribution to institutional investors.
January 2012
More coals were heaped on the head of Johnny Cameron after the details in December’s FSA report on the failure of RBS revealed how little he appeared to understand the mechanics of structured credit when he was head of global banking and markets at the firm.
January 2012
A lack of supply is creating a shift in investment approaches, with CDS-index strategies being mainly explored
January 2012
Nomura reveals newly appointed global head and deputy global head of fixed income, according to an internal memo obtained by Euromoney
January 2012
Agency's action could deliver final blow to the struggling bailout fund
January 2012
Reputational risk of not calling evaporates; Investors shun aggressive terms
January 2012
Merges EM fixed income with FX; Shooter in, Weidmann out
January 2012
Banks weigh shuttering ECM as volumes collapse; Much depends on UniCredit deal
January 2012
Prices ‘irrational’; profitability questionable; Much depends on avoiding European contagion
January 2012
JPMorgan still top earner; Nomura fee income falls by 34%
January 2012
ECB lets banks delever in orderly fashion; Bank bond issues might be scarce this year
January 2012
In a society obsessed with maximizing profit, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner and pioneer of microfinance through Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, has a new goal: to get business and finance to take off its ‘profit-maximizing glasses’ and think about its role in society instead
January 2012
Bank collapse weighs on fiscal health; Crisis spills over to Latvia
January 2012
Hires Dubai Credit Suisse team; CEE special situations push
January 2012
As the government sells part of its stake in PKO BP, Poland’s biggest bank is benefiting from the troubles of rivals with their eurozone-based parents. Euromoney speaks to PKO BP’s chief executive about acquisitions and growth in new areas, such as investment banking and wealth management
January 2012
Many banks have amassed 30%-plus growth in AUM in the past year.
January 2012
After a whirlwind political and media storm, RBS's CEO Stephen Hester agrees not to receive a £1 million bonus, while Citi says it will be cutting bonuses across the whole bank
January 2012
European cash market problems are catalysed by lack of transparency, says senior credit flow trading expert
January 2012
January 2012
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January 2012
Market participants are expecting a drop in liquidity risk due to upcoming derivatives regulations, but their hopes seem to be based on a misunderstanding
January 2012
EBL looks to expand in Hong Kong and internationally in the longer term
January 2012
Abigail Hofman has consistently called for Nomura to rethink its global strategy. What was behind the sudden departure of Jesse Bhattal, and what needs to happen next?
January 2012
Banks weigh shuttering equity capital market as volumes collapse but banks are key issuers and much depends on UniCredit’s deal
January 2012
Some observers have reinvigorated discussions of London becoming an offshore currency market for China, but analysts argue that London is nowhere near ready for this
January 2012
With developed markets stagnant, emerging nations hold the globe’s growth prospects. But can expansion in investment banking revenue in Russia keep up with Brazil or China?
January 2012
In the words of a recent recruit – it’s the biggest bank you’ve never heard of. If you’re an investment banker in Russia, or even Turkey and Poland, that’s about to change. But can Sberbank, propelled by its acquisition of Troika Dialog, get anywhere close to fulfilling its potential?
January 2012
The debate on whether China is due for a hard landing returned to the fore as property prices fell for a fourth consecutive month. And although analysts remain polarized in their views, some believe the country’s unconventional economic policy will prevent its economy going into free fall.
January 2012
Experts tell Euromoney that restricting executive bonuses is nearly impossible unless the industry is nationalised, and that tightened measures will hurt bank profitability
January 2012
Allowing QFIs to invest directly into Indian equity markets is a long-term positive step for the country, but removing complicated bureaucratic measures will be central to draw foreign investors into its markets
January 2012
Do these reports mean that RBS’s global head of banking and markets, John Hourican has failed? Not necessarily
January 2012
With deals still hard to come by, what can investment bankers do when they have nothing to do? And what was behind Michel Peretié’s sudden departure from SocGen?
January 2012
Bankers who dispute that we’re now in an era of lower fees – the new normal you keep hearing about – are in denial
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