Investors may need more convincing if the inflation-linked market is to take off

Subordinated debt gives treasurers a new means of raising equity capital

The US firm is committed to breaking into the European debt markets – again

Germany's deal shows how corporate techniques are firming up government balance sheets

Equity markets are geared for a surge in Chinese issues

The proposed removal of a cap on pension funds' foreign holdings could change the shape of Canadian fund management

Singapore: CAO executives charged

After New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer's appearance last year, whoever was guest speaker at the New York Financial Writers annual awards dinner this June was always going to have a tough act to follow. In fact, William McDonough, chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, made a very good fist of it.

UK boutique warehouses and bulks up fund managers' troublesome unwanted shares, offering a return within three years

Economy shows further signs of life

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EBS's move reflects growing hedge fund activity in the region

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Fighting corruption, the scourge of the Philippines, was a major platform of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's election campaign in 2004. Elected, one would expect her to be proud of the zeal with which some in her administration are tackling the issue. It seems some of her colleagues were not so certain, however, and chose to take matters into their own hands.

Emerging-market countries will enter new territory next year. For the first time since the asset class was established in the late 1980s, these nations will become net creditors in the global economy, according to data from Fitch Ratings.

Santander's retail banking specialists' biggest challenge to date will be to turn around the fortunes of Abbey. Can the Spanish bank's model be successfully applied to the highly competitive UK market?

Banks miffed at Deutsche's fees

The masters of retail banking | Getting back to the Abbey habit | Awards for excellence - Best bank

But competition will get tougher for wealth managers, according to a recent survey

In another example of Hutchison Whampoa raising cash to continue the long-term funding of its loss-making 3G business, the conglomerate announced in June the sale of stakes in Hong Kong's port operations to Singapore arch-rival PSA International. The group, led by Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-shing, announced the sale of a 20% interest in cash cow Hutchison International Terminals (HIT) and a 10% stake in Cosco-HIT, a joint venture with China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co.

The tool will track the euro against major trading currencies and provide an important non-central bank benchmark

Schell to Citi Citigroup has hired Michael Schell to become vice-chairman of global banking from law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where he was senior partner and senior member of the mergers and acquisitions group. Schell will take up his position at the beginning of August. This is the second senior hire by Citigroup into its advisory business in two months, following the recruitment of Raymond McGuire from Morgan Stanley in May.

The bank is set to snatch Goldman's crown for the first half of 2005

Greater competition and increasingly complex customer needs are forcing service providers to reassess their strategies.

Signs of a revival of investor interest in convertible arbitrage hedge fund strategies as funds spot opportunities in a depressed market

When JPMorgan Chase's Sedef Imer finishes her working day at the London office at the end of July, she won't be taking the tube home. Instead she's setting off to Sydney, Australia. Nothing odd in that one might think, but how about if that trip was being made on a recumbent bike (known by aficionados as "a bent").

Throughout the history of finance, the most successful banks have often been associated with a single leader. These individuals have usually combined a clear strategic vision – or should that be mission, such is their zeal for success – with a real understanding of the minutiae of their business. Their names have been a byword for the businesses they have run. Today, it's harder than ever before for one man or woman to have such complete control of the reins of power. Ownership is widespread. Corporate governance has taken a strong hold over boardroom actions.

Boards are faced with a tough decision on a structure to combine the banks' strengths in central and eastern Europe

ABN Amro is handing down its underperforming US high-grade business to wholly owned

Germany's industrial heartland, the Ruhr, is adapting well to a world after steel and coal. But when the country's top bankers met there in Essen last month they wondered long and hard about the ability of the rest of Germany to cope with economic change