The Forrest Gump phenomenon, Hanson provokes bondholders, Borrowers' market, Return of the Asian issuers.

A special report prepared by Credit Suisse Financial Products.

A special report prepared by Societe Generale.

A special report prepared by Union Bank of Switzerland.

Vietnam up to its old tricks?, Big Push by foreign banks, Varying fortunes of China chips, Building on a healthy trade.

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.

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.