November 2012
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LATEST ARTICLES
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Bank analysts and equity investors give their opinions on which companies they think are the best by the individual company sectors.
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Euromoney’s annual survey invites investors to rate the quality of bank research on Middle Eastern equity and debt bearing in mind overall performance and accuracy.
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Banks profit on originate and hold; Expectations ‘ahead of themselves’
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QE distorts currency trading; Returns exist, but in limited pairs
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"Deals are being oversubscribed by anything ranging from three to four times up to 15 times – and these are for small $100 million deals up to multibillion dollar deals"
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"It’s a minor irritation. We’ve always thought Moody’s was shit, but S&P has now proved it’s just as shit too"
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M&A activity drops after introduction; Cade’s response faster than predicted
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Bonds rise on announcement; Recovery-note holdouts threaten resolution
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Fine wine shows an attractive Sharpe ratio; Investors must be wary on valuations
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More issuance expected; Indonesia performance remains lacklustre
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More issuance likely from PDVSA; Currency appreciation might force devaluation
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First international sovereign issue for 90 years; Aftermarket performance disappoints
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Air Liquide attracts new investors; More deals to follow
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Signs of life driven by blocks; Rise in bookrunners ‘frustrating’
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NBAD announces six-month waiver; Rules could promote federal borrowing
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Depository law proves final hurdle; OFZ spreads tighten on foreign buying
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Nine-year tenure ends; Maliki seen to be consolidating power
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$5 billion under management; Employs advisers and third-party fund manager
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Priced to support post-deal performance; Mexican equity story outshines Brazil’s
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Veteran lured away from Deutsche; Signals BAML ramping up effort in Asia
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It’s never quiet in UK banking these days. In a fitting episode of handbags at dawn, Ana Botín, the chief executive of Santander UK, reneged on an agreement to buy 316 branches from RBS. The provisional sale agreement had been signed in the summer of 2010 when António Horta-Osório was running Santander UK. Santander wanted to expand its penetration of the small-business market and was prepared to pay £1.65 billion to do so.
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Pandit and Havens used to work at Morgan Stanley. In fact, at one time, Pandit was president of the firm. As James Gorman struggles with John Mack’s legacy, a wild thought crosses my mind. Might Pandit one day return to run his alma mater? Over at Morgan Stanley, Gorman is facing the third anniversary of his ascension to the chief executive throne. And the going has not been easy.
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Bond markets would suggest Nigeria’s future is assured. Progress has indeed been made in banking, sovereign finances and power-sector reform. But big challenges remain, as this autumn’s electricity privatizations amply illustrate.
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Padraic Fallon, the chairman and editor-in-chief of Euromoney Institutional Investor, was the person who highlighted to me the importance of being first. "Write something new, Abigail," he would say. "Always try to be first with your angle or story. Go out and meet new people."
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The BBA is holding worthy-sounding debates on regaining trust. Instead they should be following an example from 16th-century Germany.
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The benefits of lower Brazilian interest rates are not reaching the bank customers who need them most. Only greater competition between banks will alter this.
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Tucker supports Liikanen proposal; Bank chairmen split on compensation
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Domestic political concerns continue to stall progress on solving the euro crisis. Fortunately, there are more propitious financial indicators elsewhere in the world.
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Falling birth rates and an ageing population should force Asia’s financial institutions to face up to the possibility of a pensions crunch.
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An investment bank wouldn’t be doing its job if it didn’t advise its clients on where they could potentially make money, and earn a fee from doing so.