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Only suckers believe that the remedies applied to the credit crisis have cured the underlying sickness. There’s more painful adjustment to come, and it could last two to five years.
Liquid real estate Issue 05
Liquid real estate Issue 05
The Kingdom of Bahrain’s Real Estate Finance company (Reef) has secured $150 million in warehouse financing to bolster its local mortgage lending activities. The facility, provided by Calyon Crédit Agricole CIB, enables Reef to diversify its funding sources. Ultimately, the mortgage portfolio could be used to back a residential mortgage-backed securitization in either an Islamic or standard format.
May 2008
Bad infrastructure, a weak economy and vulnerable financial assets – but
bankers in South Africa remain confident.
Liquid real estate Issue 05
It has been a whirlwind few years for Limitless, a division of the sprawling Dubai World group. Founded in July 2005 with the express aim of designing and developing the best environmentally sustainable buildings and cities, the agency has already scored some big successes. Elliot Wilson reports.
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October 2007
Submissions now being accepted.
May 2008
The number of analysts at sell-side research houses has been falling since before the credit crunch, and has claimed several senior analysts.
May 2008
The results of the Euromoney credit research poll reveal which banks’ research models are best suited to the troubling environment in which the financial world finds itself, and which enjoy the most support from their management.
May 2008
The crunch has precipitated a world where good credits can turn bad overnight. Research teams must adapt to the new circumstances while clients increasingly have their own expertise. Jethro Wookey reports.
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Liquid real estate Issue 05
Liquid real estate Issue 05
Liquid real estate Issue 05
Liquid real estate Issue 05
Liquid real estate Issue 05
Liquid real estate Issue 05
May 2008
May 2008
The number of new equity-linked issues in the first quarter of 2008 fell dramatically across all regions in comparison with the same period in 2007.
February 2008
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While elsewhere the mortgage market is drying up and securitization is quiescent, the biggest economy in the Gulf is trying to expand both. The finishing touches are being applied to laws on the Saudi mortgage market but it’s uncertain they will provide enough flow to meet demand for funding. Dominic O’Neill reports from Riyadh.
May 2008
There are complaints that investors are being misled by funds.
Liquid real estate Issue 05
Having bailed out the US investment banks in their hour of need, sovereign wealth funds are also turning their vast pools of cash towards real estate. Industry experts predict a doubling of investments by these funds to $10 billion within five years.
April 2008
Its strength in emerging markets makes it a serious player in FX.
April 2008
Euromoney’s ground-breaking poll of large corporate users of insurance reveals the best insurance companies and brokers globally and by region. The chief executives of the industry leaders tell Peter Lee how these customers’ increasing sensitivity to, and sophisticated appreciation of, all manner of risks is fundamentally changing the insurance business. Modelling themselves on the pre-eminent Goldman Sachs investment banker whispering strategic advice into the CEO’s ear, insurers and brokers now want to be your risk management consultant.