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Freeing up markets would help the country lose its tag as the poor man of Latin America.
Euromoney May 2008
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The US secondary market in life insurance is being extended to sellers who can ill afford to relinquish their policies.
Euromoney May 2008
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Does the EC need to force clarity on clearing.
Euromoney May 2008
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The Bank of England’s special liquidity scheme does nothing that hasn’t already been done by the Fed and the ECB – except on more onerous terms.
Euromoney May 2008
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A reduction in foreign capital flows means that many banks in eastern Europe are indirect victims of the credit crunch.
Euromoney May 2008
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The crisis suggests that privately owned banks are not self-evidently better managed nor more effective at allocating capital than state-owned ones.
Euromoney May 2008
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The covered bond market has not behaved in the way investors had been led to believe it would. It’s time to realize that covered bonds are not the golden child of the bond family.
Euromoney April 2008
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Measures to boost the competitiveness of Brazil’s exporters might well be fruitless.
Euromoney April 2008
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A merger of BNP Paribas and Société Générale would be difficult to fund and to execute.
Euromoney April 2008
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Unless Japan gets more involved in international capital markets, perhaps through a sovereign wealth fund, it is likely to become increasingly irrelevant in Asian finance.
Euromoney April 2008
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If there’s another Bear Stearns or Northern Rock-style blow-up, will any other bank be willing or able to pick up the pieces?
Euromoney April 2008
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Local-currency debt markets in emerging economies are beginning to suffer from the credit crisis and broader global slowdown.
Euromoney April 2008
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Are banks biting the hand that feeds them? Perhaps, but what choice do they have?
Euromoney April 2008
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Far from solving BAA’s financial problems, the CAA’s regulatory review will make life for it even worse.
Euromoney April 2008
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It’s pitiful trying to blame short sellers for the woes of the financial system.
Euromoney April 2008
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Private placements are becoming an increasingly common route for emerging market companies seeking to tap global debt markets.
Euromoney March 2008
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Tough talk by the regulators might bear fruit for the monolines.
Euromoney March 2008
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Latin American bankers appear confident that the region can continue to avoid the worst of the US contagion.
Euromoney March 2008
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Chinese banks face a potential corporate defaults crisis for the first time in five years.
Euromoney March 2008
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The Japanese megabanks claim there are no shocks to come on the sub-prime losses front. If true, it’s a big leap forward for transparency.
Euromoney March 2008
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Many of the delegates at an industry conference in Nevada seemed blind to the real world beyond the securitization desk.
Euromoney March 2008
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Anyone hoping for clarity around banks’ write-downs is sure to be disappointed, but the industry must make a marked improvement.
Euromoney February 2008
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With traditional debt markets still in disarray, it’s theoretically a good time for sukuks to foster issuance outside the Middle East and Asia.
Euromoney February 2008
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Korea Investment Corp has broken new ground for the country by investing $2 billion in Merrill Lynch.
Euromoney February 2008
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The prevention of re-runs of the Northern Rock catastrophe depends on something better than the duplication of an existing regulatory committee.
Euromoney February 2008
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Such is the fragile state of leading banks that they might have to sell their highly prized emerging markets businesses to survive.
Euromoney February 2008
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Does Latin America really need a new multilateral lender? Do Latin countries need more funding, and might not Banco del Sur hinder local capital markets’ growth?
Euromoney February 2008
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A long-term government guarantee of Northern Rock’s wholesale funding might prompt other mortgage lenders to demand similar treatment even if they are not in financial difficulty.
Euromoney February 2008
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Financial markets depend on confidence and trust. Trust is being broken.
Euromoney February 2008
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The continuation and expansion of the term auction facilities is evidence that they actually work. But as with any medication, there are side-effects.
Euromoney February 2008