The Inter-American Development Bank’s new president, Luis Alberto Moreno, speaks to Sudip Roy about his plans to make the bank’s policies more relevant to the private sector in a region that is attracting growing investment inflows.

Investors are offered first subordinated bond issue by a Middle Eastern financial institution, lead managed by Deutsche Bank and UBS.

Erste Bank launches The New Europe Blue Chip Index, covering the largest C&E European stocks traded on the Vienna stock exchange.

Leading presidential candidate promises orthodox finances.

After a few tough years, the country is on investors’ radar screens again.

But can their value surpass the underlying market?

Korea’s love-hate relationship with foreign capital continues. In October, the government announced that it would be seeking tax payments totalling $210 million from five foreign private-equity investment firms that relate to profits earned from investments in Korean businesses.

Why CFOs should stop mistrusting hedge funds

Investors are pushing bank CEOs to produce growth. Some are now touting their ability to wring cost savings from IT, capital management and the rationalization of wholesale businesses after big mergers. National regulators are losing their power to block cross-border deals. We are almost at the point, Peter Lee reports, where every big bank is in the firing line.

China’s inefficient economy is under threat because its capital costs are set to rise, but it is as likely to falter because US consumerism hits the wall. And there are signs that American profligacy cannot be sustained much longer

Technology companies have to swallow harsh market truths – and some pride – and give up independence.

Hedge funds are overflowing with money, and margins on traditional strategies are shrinking. One solution to their search for returns is to offer their services to companies in need of financing. Some are nervous about taking up the opportunities but others are discovering just how useful these new financiers can be.

New loan programme re-establishes relations.

In the first of a series of articles, Euromoney examines the status of pension reform in two countries at the extremes of Asia’s pensions revolution, Taiwan and the Philippines. We ask the authorities charged with pension reform in these economies about plans and progress, challenges and expectations.

In another sign of the rapid modernization of China’s capital markets, the Asian Development Bank and the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank, became the first foreign institutions to issue renminbi-denominated bonds, known as panda issues.

Why CFOs should stop mistrusting hedge funds

Turkey looks set to be the next great EU convergence play. Now foreign banks want a piece of the aciton. But the owners of the country's financial institutions are seeking to form strategic partnerships rather than relinquish ultimate control. Kathryn Wells reports.

Why CFOs should stop mistrusting hedge funds

Wealth management arm put on course to “grow by multiples”. The appointment of Thomas Kalaris as chief executive of Barclays Wealth Management signals the start of a rapid build-up.

Recent popular new issues rapidly faced heavy trading and price falls. With the tendency of speculative money to disappear as quickly as it arrives, it remains to be seen whether it will continue to plague IPOs later in the year.

But withdrawal of investors with unrealistic expectations seen as advantageous.

A pan-European growth market could significantly boost EU GDP, but there are obstacles to putting it in place.

Airline is courting controversy with creditors after abandoning leased aircraft.

Spot FX prices are so tight that it is almost impossible to make a profit from market making. Some providers are going to struggle to remain profitable, which might not be a bad thing.

New US bankruptcy laws that came into effect in October will alter the way companies go through restructuring and might make it harder to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In addition the ability of companies to manage their own reorganization will be affected – giving creditors more say after a few months.

Regulatory pressure has forced a crackdown on transaction delays.

US investors could put more than $470 billion to work in US treasuries if Asia’s appetite for dollars continues to fall. Analysts identifify a huge potential for domestic reallocation.

Experiments show that individuals with a specific type of brain damage, which prevents them from feeling fear, outperform normal players when it comes to making some investment decisions. Crack and methamphetamine addicts as well as alcoholics similarly outperform.

The competitive spirit in investment bankers at CSFB and Morgan Stanley is alive and well. But instead of the usual battle to win business from clients or trading head to head, they clashed on a non-financial field.

Fears of oversupply fade in Europe.