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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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QE distorts currency trading; Returns exist, but in limited pairs
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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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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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"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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NBAD announces six-month waiver; Rules could promote federal borrowing
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$5 billion under management; Employs advisers and third-party fund manager
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Veteran lured away from Deutsche; Signals BAML ramping up effort in Asia
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Nine-year tenure ends; Maliki seen to be consolidating power
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Depository law proves final hurdle; OFZ spreads tighten on foreign buying
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Priced to support post-deal performance; Mexican equity story outshines Brazil’s
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Private equity groups see the country as a rare growth market, particular the consumer sector. The only difficulty is fending off competition from other funds – plus finding reasonable valuations and owners willing to give up control.
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Euromoney paid a visit to the annual British Bankers’ Association conference last month in London.
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When BNP Paribas announced its adaptation plan last year the corporate and investment banking unit was squarely in the firing line. Revenues are down but profitability is resilient – something that CIB head Alain Papiasse argues makes it better positioned than its peers.
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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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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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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.