Prices ‘irrational’; profitability questionable; Much depends on avoiding European contagion

Australian banks ‘miss broader point’; Some blame issuers, others bookrunners

CNH volatility as currency expectations fade; China hits back with CNH-boosting policies

Issuance selection for 2012 starts to line up; Global names look to HK for Chinese capital

ECB lets banks delever in orderly fashion; Bank bond issues might be scarce this year

Banks weigh shuttering ECM as volumes collapse; Much depends on UniCredit deal

Mary MacLeod jumped companies and cultures to join ICBC International as deputy CEO – and became the most powerful foreign banker in China, with an eye on global dominance. The pressure is on, but MacLeod isn’t showing it... yet.

Controls boosting black market and run on banks; Venezuela-style parallel currency feared

Merges EM fixed income with FX; Shooter in, Weidmann out.

Reputational risk of not calling evaporates; Investors shun aggressive terms

Rest of region outpaces traditional leader; Poor IPO performance blamed

Brazil is one of the largest and fastest growing emerging markets for investment banking. And the locals are coming out on top. The lesson for other emerging markets, they say, is to neutralize international banks’ claims over distribution to institutional investors.

Bank collapse weighs on fiscal health; Crisis spills over to Latvia

New government appointments in Saudi Arabia have sparked hopes that the Kingdom might adopt policies more oriented towards the private sector and foreign investment.

Leading companies from Greater China continue to dominate Euromoney’s best-managed companies in Asia survey, according to almost 150 analysts who cover the region. China Telecom wins the overall category for the third year in succession, but it extends its lead considerably this year, doubling its share of the vote from 7.9% to 16.5%.

With developed markets stagnant, emerging nations hold the globe’s growth prospects. But can expansion in investment banking revenue in Russia keep up with Brazil or China?

TurkDex introduces exchange-traded options; ISE head steps down

In the words of a recent recruit – it’s the biggest bank you’ve never heard of. If you’re an investment banker in Russia, or even Turkey and Poland, that’s about to change. But can Sberbank, propelled by its acquisition of Troika Dialog, get anywhere close to fulfilling its potential?

Hires Dubai Credit Suisse team; CEE special situations push

The shadow of economic gloom has fallen over output, while Basle III is playing havoc with the rulebook for funding. Success relies on access to US dollars, and losses will drive up prices – unless the rules can be changed or new players join the market

In a society obsessed with maximizing profit, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner and pioneer of microfinance through Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, has a new goal: to get business and finance to take off its ‘profit-maximizing glasses’ and think about its role in society instead