Central and Eastern Europe
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Euromoney November 2008
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IMF loan may not be enough to stave off banking and currency collapse.
Euromoney November 2008
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Governments worldwide have moved to recapitalize banks. But the amounts injected will only be sufficient to avert a great depression; they are not enough to sustain lending and avert a global recession.
Euromoney November 2008
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Russia’s mega-rich are fast emerging as victims of the global credit crunch.
Euromoney November 2008
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Excuse the cliché, but there is a silver lining in the cloud hanging over hedge funds. Many are destined to shut down. But that means more opportunity for those that survive, argues Neil Wilson.
Euromoney November 2008
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Euromoney November 2008
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Euromoney November 2008
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Euromoney November 2008
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Euromoney November 2008
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When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, Turkey’s banking sector remains a land of opportunity. UniCredit analyst Matteo Ferrazzi says: “In central and eastern Europe, opportunities for mergers and acquisitions are few and far between. Most banks are already in solid hands or owned by foreign players.
Euromoney November 2008
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Corporate FX losses are already running into billions. The problem, as the dollar’s rally continues, could be endemic.
Euromoney November 2008
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With CDS prices at unprecedented levels, the crisis shows no sign of abating.
Euromoney November 2008
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Euromoney November 2008
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The country’s banking crisis at the start of the millennium prompted a bail-out, consolidation and the introduction of a strict regulatory regime. This has underpinned a period of loan expansion. GDP growth is slowing but the strength should persist, local banks insist. Charles Piggott reports.
Euromoney November 2008
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The government bail out packages unveiled across developed countries last month may have prevented the collapse of a host of banks with more toxic assets than equity. Bank deleveraging has barely started
Euromoney November 2008
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In October the credit crunch finally devastated global equity markets as investor panic threatened to bring down all but the very strongest banks. Alex Chambers was pounding the sidewalks of New York just as the crisis entered its most tumultuous period and perhaps its denouement.
Euromoney November 2008
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Euromoney October 2008
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Euromoney October 2008
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UniCredit is one of the world’s biggest financial groups but concerns over its capital base have made it vulnerable to panic-stricken investors.
Euromoney October 2008
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Euromoney October 2008
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For so long seen as a banking backwater, cash management’s time has come. Revenues are high-margin, stable and growing. Products such as liquidity management will only grow in importance. And, with the huge client bases involved for the biggest players, it’s a gateway into a lot of other business. Lauren
Euromoney October 2008
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At the beginning of 2007, Euromoney wrote that the retail lending boom in the Balkans was putting pressure on the region’s banking systems and that cooperation between banks and authorities was vital. But as the world’s economic downturn pushes into southeastern Europe, that warning might be going unheed
Euromoney October 2008
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Euromoney October 2008
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Euromoney October 2008
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Euromoney October 2008
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Euromoney October 2008
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Euromoney October 2008
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Even Kazakh bank employees are joining investors in a flight to quality away from the sector. BTA Bank and Kazkommertzbank are overwhelmed by foreign debt too eagerly lent out at home and only Halyk is in good shape. Although there are still a few potential foreign buyers nosing around Kazakh financial asset
Euromoney October 2008
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The firm has consistently proven itself in Chinese real estate in recent years, whether underwriting IPOs, advising on M&A, or making acquisitions in its own right. Chris Wright reports.
Published September 2008 Liquid Real Estate Issue 07
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Immoeast’s recent purchase of Constantia Privatbank’s real estate division has set the stage for the next act in the Austrian investment manager’s growth story. Rachel Wolcott reports.
Published September 2008 Liquid Real Estate Issue 07