November 2012
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LATEST ARTICLES
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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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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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Banks profit on originate and hold; Expectations ‘ahead of themselves’
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Fine wine shows an attractive Sharpe ratio; Investors must be wary on valuations
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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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Air Liquide attracts new investors; More deals to follow
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NBAD announces six-month waiver; Rules could promote federal borrowing
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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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Signs of life driven by blocks; Rise in bookrunners ‘frustrating’
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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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More issuance expected; Indonesia performance remains lacklustre
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Bonds rise on announcement; Recovery-note holdouts threaten resolution
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Veteran lured away from Deutsche; Signals BAML ramping up effort in Asia
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Depository law proves final hurdle; OFZ spreads tighten on foreign buying
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M&A activity drops after introduction; Cade’s response faster than predicted
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Nine-year tenure ends; Maliki seen to be consolidating power
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Goldman Sachs insiders were relieved by the dearth of damning allegations in Greg Smith’s tell-all book about his time at the firm.
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Euromoney paid a visit to the annual British Bankers’ Association conference last month in London.
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If there was ever any doubt about who Wall Street wants in the White House, a cursory glance at the top contributors to the campaigns of president Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney clears that up in a hurry. It might even make the president regret being quite so harsh on a group who backed him pretty heavily (for a Democrat) when he was first elected president after a campaign during which he is thought to have broken the world record for saying: "Yes we can".
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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 IMF/World Bank meetings in Tokyo produced nothing of note in terms of concerted action to counter the global financial and economic crisis.
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Pension plans are on the verge of a big move into riskier, illiquid investments to deliver promised returns; they might be better advised to curtail those promises.
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Moody’s change of heart averts high-yield disruption in Europe… for now.
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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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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.
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Basle III proposals would hurt Danish banks; Denmark wants equal treatment in bank union