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There's a good chance the next UK government will be left-of-centre Labour, whose previous terms of office have usually ended in inflation and currency crisis. Soft-spoken Labour politicians can't allay fears - among foreign investors and City practitioners - that a change of government will trigger a market correction and more controls on the financial sector. The reason for the fears: new-look Labour's overtures to private capital are vague and non-committal. Even Labour supporters are saying it's time to put flesh on the bones. By David Shirreff

A special report prepared by Societe Generale.

The Euro-MTN market has just passed $500 billion in outstandings. But, despite its obvious importance, few capital markets executives understand fully how the market works - or can see where it is going. With the help of a new Euromoney database, Kieran Clifton explains how EMTNs are poised to take over the international debt market.

A special report prepared by BBV.

A special report prepared by Credit Suisse.

The abolition of exchange controls and the start of privatization should do wonders for the illiquid Johannesburg Stock Exchange, but fuller representation of black businesses on the equity market is a vital change that's not so easily accomplished. Mark Ashurst reports from Johannesburg.

A special report prepared by Union Bank of Switzerland.

Think funding, think America. That's what many borrowers are doing as US interest rates sit at historical lows and investors roll out the welcome mat. And you don't have to be triple-A rated to join the bandwagon, as Norman Peagam explains.

With his fluent MBA-speak and breezy openness Martin Taylor, chief executive of Barclays, has charmed shareholders and colleagues alike. But is their rapturous applause of his every move overdone? Is Taylor a genius or just brilliant at public relations? Brian Caplen analyzes the man and his strategy.

At a parliamentary inquiry on February 28, Michael Lawrence, former chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, told how the board fired him eight weeks earlier "without warning". Was he so terrible to deal with, or did some board members see him as a threat to their continued enjoyment of privileged advantage? Stephanie Cooke reports.

At the end of last year, world privatization seemed to be out for the count. Disgruntled investors, fed up with buying too many issues that bombed, swore they'd never touch privatizations again. Now government privatization teams, armed with more realistic pricing and some innovative ideas to attract retail investors, are back up and fighting. Could this be the time to buy? By Garry Evans.