Hassell shuns future acquisitions; Litigation and regulation unavoidable expenses

Disclosures from UBS about the details of the alleged fraudulent trading that has cost the bank $2.3 billion raise more questions than they answer about the extraordinary episode.

European banks are looking to their counterparts in Asia to help them with their capital-raising problems, according to sources in Hong Kong familiar with the deals, but are struggling to sell more paper as the news out of Europe worsens.

PM forces repayment discounts; 1 million borrowers eligible

Benefits from growth markets; Shake-up in equities division

Trading scandal raises further questions about validity of investment bank; Does the integrated model work for UBS?

Central bankers seem to have had just about enough of Jamie Dimon’s spittle-flecked rants about the dangers of increased regulation. The JPMorgan chief executive lambasted Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke over the costs of regulation in a public debate in June, then followed up by arguing with Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney during the recent IMF/World Bank meetings in Washington. Dimon has also warned that some reforms are “anti-American”.

What a difference a few years make. Warren Spector couldn’t have looked less like a banker had he tried at the showing of A Bird of the Air – his first movie as an executive producer since being ousted from Bear Stearns in 2007 before the bank failed. Dressed in a bright-yellow raincoat, the former co-president of Bear Stearns amicably chatted among the 50-odd audience that had come to see his debut production at the East Village movie theatre in Manhattan. The director of his film is his wife, actress Margaret Whitton, who starred in the 1980s films The Secret of my Success and 9-1/2 weeks.

Renewed concern over 2015 wall; High-yield freeze prompts private solution

Joe Hockey, like many Australians, didn’t agree with our decision to recognize Wayne Swan’s achievements by giving him Euromoney’s finance minister of the year award. We didn’t expect him to either. He’s the opposition treasurer in the Canberra parliament after all.

Plan attacks shuttered market; Slams door after horse has bolted

Mass lawsuits filed against issuers; Banks likely to settle out of court

Revamped pricing boosts turnover; profits from SNB intervention.

In an historic reversal of the old order, corporate treasurers are now assessing the risk profiles of banks before doing business with them. And some leading companies are so worried about the state of the financial sector that they’re even considering setting up their own bank. Louise Bowman reports.

Asset owners and managers are signing up to a series of principles on how they invest in agricultural land. Will this mollify critics of the land grab? Nick Lord reports.

While banks at Sibos were focused on the changing nature of the regulatory landscape in the developed economies, together with the potential gains to be made in the emerging markets, what were the corporate clients talking about?

As the industry faces up to more stringent regulation in the west, the mood at this year’s Sibos convention was extremely mixed. That’s why many bankers are turning to emerging opportunities, most notably in Asia and Latin America. Nathan Collins reports from Toronto.

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