November 2003

Central banks cultivate Asian bond markets

Euromoney November 2003

Modest initial proposals for a $1 billion Asian bond fund to be invested in by regional central banks are blossoming into more ambitious attempts to develop regional financial markets.

Political will drives ABF1

Euromoney November 2003

Who's doing what in Asian bonds

Euromoney November 2003

Asian investors must learn to love an Asian asset class

Euromoney November 2003

Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala, deputy governor of the Bank of Thailand, has been one of the main drivers of recent Asian financial market initiatives, most notably steering ABF1 to fruition. He spoke to Euromoney's Nick Parsons about pan-Asian achievements and hopes for the future.

Japan wrestles with guarantor role

Euromoney November 2003

Eiji Hirano, assistant governor of the Bank of Japan, spoke to Euromoney's Nick Parsons about Japan's views on a broadening and deepening of Asia's bond markets. He tempered his enthusiasm with an emphasis on the need for simultaneous development of the region's banking system.

Covered bonds invade new markets

Euromoney November 2003

Covered bonds are moving out of their traditional heartlands of France and Germany and becoming a global product.

S&P's refined approach

Euromoney November 2003

UCITS directive looks set for revision

Euromoney November 2003

Established markets are still going strong

Euromoney November 2003

France puts on a credit spurt

Euromoney November 2003

Continental Europe's corporate bond market is expanding and catching up with the US and UK. French banks and issuers are stealing a march on their nearest competitors in the range and sophistication of their issues.

Growth wave pressures Turkey's banks

Euromoney November 2003

If the recent sparkling performance from Turkey's economy persists, the country's banks will be under increasing pressure to wean themselves off dependence on revenues from government borrowing and seek economies of scale through mergers and acquisitions.

M&A gravy train may prove lumpy

Euromoney November 2003

The bell tolls for STP

Euromoney November 2003

Harvard MBAs can be bad for your wealth

Euromoney November 2003

Too much intelligence is bad for your financial health.

Euromoney November 2003

Warhol? What hole?

Euromoney November 2003

The unlikely marathon man

Euromoney November 2003

Think global act ****ing local

Euromoney November 2003

Its size challenges Vodafone

Euromoney November 2003

Private equity in a fees squeeze

Euromoney November 2003

Cash management poll 2003: Corporates push their banks hard

Euromoney November 2003

BT's cash conundrum

Euromoney November 2003

Fix City offers low-cost distribution for IOIs

Euromoney November 2003

Top executives face the chop

Euromoney November 2003

Deutsche launches forex indices bid

Euromoney November 2003

NAPF and IMA clash on regulation

Euromoney November 2003

Correction

Euromoney November 2003

Russia’s investment grade roulette

Euromoney November 2003

RZB goes searching for yield in Russian loans

Euromoney November 2003

Can Bombay sustain boomtime?

Euromoney November 2003

CSFB scores first with world cup bond

Euromoney November 2003

Opec cut amounts to a tax on world consumption

Euromoney November 2003

Eli Lederman

Euromoney November 2003

Head of electronic trading services, Morgan Stanley

Jonathan Auerbach&David Grayson

Euromoney November 2003

Partners, Auerbach Grayson

Kibaki offers new hope to Kenya's poor

Euromoney November 2003

Bondholders mount campaign for robust covenants

Euromoney November 2003

Rob Mannix reports on how an investor group aims to stop borrowers giving security over assets to other lenders without doing the same for bondholders