August 2012
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New flows to emerging market bond funds have been paralleled by outflows from equity funds.
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Autobahn app store opened; Offers tailored solutions for all clients
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It was considered the remedy for bank risk – force the banks to issue equity and delever.
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In July Euromoney’s 2012 Awards for Excellence dinner in London was attended by 500 people. The evening raised £482,595 for Amref and Orbis, charities working towards eliminating blinding trachoma in the south Omo area of southern Ethiopia
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Leading US and European banks in Asia should not deride the competition posed by Chinese banks.
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HSBC’s failures to prevent money-laundering are a timely reminder of the hefty challenge of meeting US tax authorities’ new demands.
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Wealth management is helping bolster earnings but expanding into Asia comes at a cost.
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Estimates of the impact of the Libor scandal have so far focused on potential direct costs in the form of fines and litigation expenses, tied to speculation about which investment bankers will be forced to follow Bob Diamond and Jerry del Missier of Barclays into unscheduled retirement.
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The recent publication of email exchanges from 2008 between the Bank of England and the British Bankers’ Association about Libor reform cast both in a poor light.
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Should strengthen links with foreign investors; Paralleled by HK hedge fund launch boom
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BlackRock and HarbourVest in key acquisitions; Further takeovers likely
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Inaugural slot securitization deal pulled from a market in no mood for complexity.
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Strategic buyers for jumbo exit; IPO market remains stalled for PE
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Scandal to test client loyalty; reputational and counterparty risks acute.
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CEO wins Euromoney’s Asian outstanding contribution award
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Having failed to force banks to increase their lending through Project Merlin, the UK government is now offering a funding incentive. But the Funding for Lending scheme will achieve little if businesses do not want to borrow
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Portfolio sizes restrict demand, smaller funds locked out
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It was Diamond’s hubris that ultimately triggered his untimely demise as Barclays' CEO, tarnishing a uniquely successful 16-year career as the architect of a global investment banking franchise. But his successor inherits a banking diamond that needs an awful lot of polishing.