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.

Bank analysts and equity investors give their opinions on which companies they think are the best by the individual company sectors.

Banks profit on originate and hold; Expectations ‘ahead of themselves’

Fine wine shows an attractive Sharpe ratio; Investors must be wary on valuations

QE distorts currency trading; Returns exist, but in limited pairs

"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"

"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"

Air Liquide attracts new investors; More deals to follow

NBAD announces six-month waiver; Rules could promote federal borrowing

More issuance likely from PDVSA; Currency appreciation might force devaluation

First international sovereign issue for 90 years; Aftermarket performance disappoints

Signs of life driven by blocks; Rise in bookrunners ‘frustrating’

$5 billion under management; Employs advisers and third-party fund manager

Priced to support post-deal performance; Mexican equity story outshines Brazil’s

More issuance expected; Indonesia performance remains lacklustre

Bonds rise on announcement; Recovery-note holdouts threaten resolution

Veteran lured away from Deutsche; Signals BAML ramping up effort in Asia

Depository law proves final hurdle; OFZ spreads tighten on foreign buying

M&A activity drops after introduction; Cade’s response faster than predicted

Nine-year tenure ends; Maliki seen to be consolidating power

Goldman Sachs insiders were relieved by the dearth of damning allegations in Greg Smith’s tell-all book about his time at the firm.

Euromoney paid a visit to the annual British Bankers’ Association conference last month in London.

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".

The BBA is holding worthy-sounding debates on regaining trust. Instead they should be following an example from 16th-century Germany.

The IMF/World Bank meetings in Tokyo produced nothing of note in terms of concerted action to counter the global financial and economic crisis.

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.

Moody’s change of heart averts high-yield disruption in Europe… for now.

Domestic political concerns continue to stall progress on solving the euro crisis. Fortunately, there are more propitious financial indicators elsewhere in the world.

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.

Basle III proposals would hurt Danish banks; Denmark wants equal treatment in bank union