Looking to the future of renewable energy

CCPs don’t reduce risk, says EC official; Safety of exchange system questioned

"You can’t talk about ROE when you don’t know what the ‘E’ is going to be"

Barclays is in investment mode; Diamond supports strong regulation

What’s in a name? The problem for the business that Ken Lewis created is: far too much.

With public markets shaky, there is demand for private equity, and banks want to be in on it despite regulatory threats.

Small-cap miners a good investments; Silver benefits from gold’s gains

Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2010

China opens door to currency flexibility; ‘No need for major revaluation’

Improved sentiment creates international market access; Sovereign eyes long-term bond issue

Emerging markets specialist in Chinese alliance; AgBank IPO could be biggest ever.

Banks in the UAE are a long way from provisioning for Dubai’s debt and property crises.

Euromoney is accustomed to all kinds of underhand tactics in awards season: from banks "dominating" league tables in positions of second or even anywhere in the top 10, to widespread use in pitch meetings themselves of the classic phrase "I don’t want to criticize a competitor, but...".

Market demands reform if IDRs to flourish; Tax, regulatory hurdles to be tackled

New rules force 25% minimum free float; Rs615 billion of state issuance in first year

Treasury bank warrants sales increase volumes; Will corporations begin to follow suit?

With its successful execution on a new strategy, and high returns on a low-risk model, Credit Suisse is arguably the best-run bank in the world today.

Jain and Cohrs take Deutsche to a new level

The investment bank of the year has performed strongly where you’d expect it to – in flow, debt and derivatives – and surprised many with its advances in M&A and corporate finance.

Brady Dougan trumps the banking sector.

Region’s bank stock drops 13%; Community banks worst hit say analysts

Pandit knocks Citi into shape

Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank win top honours in Euromoney Awards for Excellence; Vikram Pandit of Citigroup wins inaugural Banker of the Year award

"Reincarnation Bank offers a safe-keeping for any asset you wish to deposit through your transition into the next life"

US corporate buyers are finding rich pickings in Europe.

President Barack Obama’s speech at the Cooper Union in New York in late April – where he asked the banking community to work with his administration to bring in financial reform – was attended by many of the leading bankers on Wall Street.

Interpreted as designed to curb capital flight; Parallel market expected to grow

UBS has reorganized its Asia-Pacific equities team following the departure of Steve Barg, head of global capital markets (GCM) Asia, to Goldman Sachs. Barg is credited within the bank for overseeing its continued dominance of Asia’s IPO market during the second half of this decade alongside China deal machine Henry Cai, and his departure was a big loss for the firm. It followed the exit of the bank’s equity head, Mark Williams, on May 6 to Nomura. Having lost two of the three key men (Cai being the third) in its Asia business, UBS immediately faced comments from media and competitors that the equity team, the most successful among its peers this decade in what has been Asia’s most profitable core investment banking business, was collapsing.

The list of cornerstone investors in the ABC deal shows the newfound prominence of Asian and Middle Eastern buyers.

In tight markets, some Latin issuers are doing blow-out deals that demand investor attention.