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A good deal has already been written about the relatively high cost, at least when compared with many other markets, of processing trades in foreign exchange.
Euromoney November 2008
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Under pressure from investors to put money to work, private equity firms are reconsidering the structure of their investment strategies.
Euromoney November 2008
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Swiss commission investigation is unwarranted, claims suspended.
Euromoney November 2008
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Euromoney November 2008
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Seesawing markets set a number of records over the four weeks between mid-September and mid-October, including:
Euromoney November 2008
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The inclusion of the Pfandbrief in the German government’s banking guarantee marks a turning point – not just in the financial downturn but in the product’s entire history. Jethro Wookey reports.
Euromoney November 2008
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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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Anybody throwing a superficial glance at Eric Daniels’ CV in June 2003 could have been forgiven for erroneously assuming that his appointment was a signal that Lloyds had tired of its conspicuous failure to tie up a merger with a European partner, having rediscovered an appetite for international expansion
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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The rapid and decisive intervention of European national authorities to prop up vulnerable banks might well limit the extent of European banks’ funding problems.
Euromoney October 2008
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Euromoney October 2008
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Have the big Japanese banks been over-cautious about buying stakes in troubled western peers?
Euromoney October 2008
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As the financial turmoil claims its latest victims, holders of covered bonds see the strength of their investments.
Euromoney October 2008
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One of the curiosities of the financial meltdown has been the conspicuous absence of China’s leading commercial banks and brokerages in picking up bargains from the wreckage.
Euromoney October 2008
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Exchanges try to steal a march on their rivals.
Euromoney October 2008
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The financial crisis has finally taken its toll on the money markets.
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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Greek banks’ share prices plummeted in 2008 – even before Lehman collapsed. Despite this, as well as higher inflation, slower economic growth and more taxes, they have ploughed on with ambitious regional expansion plans. Can Greek banks defy the global financial crisis? Dominic O’Neill reports from Ath
Euromoney October 2008
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The Spanish central bank prevented its financial institutions from investing heavily in the US sub-prime related securities. But Spain’s mid-tier banks are heavily exposed to a local property sector in crisis. Can they ride out the downturn? Peter Koh reports.
Euromoney October 2008
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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