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BANKING

Credit Suisse pinpoints opportunity in Japan

Losses from sub-prime-related securities have forced many foreign investment banks to think twice about their ambitions for Japan. However, some lower-profile foreign franchises sense an opportunity to strike while rivals are wavering or cutting back. Credit Suisse’s Japan head of investment banking, Andrew Brownfield, thinks his firm is well positioned to make such a move. Lawrence White reports.

Lawrence White, January 08, 2008

Opinion

2007 in Quotes

January

January 08, 2008

BANKING

Latin American banks work hard to keep up with demand

Growth in Latin American high-net-worth assets continues to outstrip that of other countries as the local economies boom. Helen Avery asks the region’s top-ranking private banks how they have been reacting to burgeoning demand.

Helen Avery, January 08, 2008

BANKING

Cash management debate: Participants

Cash management debate: The tricky path to standardization

January 08, 2008

Benchmarking

Private banking survey 2008: When the ultra-wealthy bump into the sub-prime

Private banks attached to investment banks have benefited from the access to balance sheet and innovative products that the relationship provides. But with Wall Street suffering dramatic losses as a result of sub-prime mortgage exposure, will that relationship be the private banks’ downfall? Helen Avery reports.

Helen Avery, January 08, 2008

Opinion

Terra Firma, Guy Hands: The Hands of fate

Merry Christmas, but a not too happy new year, was the message from the head of UK private equity firm Terra Firma, Guy Hands.

Helen Avery, January 08, 2008

Asia’s best managed companies: Most transparent accounts

Euromoney targeted equity analysts covering Asian companies that were constituents as of July 26 2007 of the following indices, the biggest exchanges for domestic shares in the respective countries: Shanghai Composite (People’s Republic of China);

January 08, 2008

BANKING

China: Fang Fenglei collaborates with Temasek in private equity fund

Singapore investment firm close to many on Goldman Sach’s team.

Elliot Wilson, January 08, 2008

BANKING

Latin American perpetual bonds surpass expectations

A bull-market product that would crash and burn in the event of a credit crisis: that was the view that many critics held of perpetual bonds – a fundraising instrument that has been all the rage in the region in recent years.

Sudip Roy, January 08, 2008

BANKING

German banking: The quest for a German national champion

They’re proud of their embassies in Berlin. Take a tour of the German capital and soon after passing the building shared by five Nordic countries your guide will point to three more embassies clustered together – those of South Africa, India and… Baden-Württemberg. It’s a symbol of Germany’s decentralization that is particularly apparent in its banking system. So is there room for – or even need of – a national champion? Philip Moore reports.

Philip Moore, January 08, 2008

BANKING

Kazakhstan: Banks still feeling the pinch

Banks in Kazakhstan continue to be the subject of concern in the wake of the global credit crunch, with Standard & Poor’s the latest organization to turn its spotlight on the sector. In mid-December, the ratings agency revised from stable to negative the outlook on its ratings on eight banks – including the leading quartet of Kazkommertsbank, Bank TuranAlem, Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan and Alliance Bank.

Guy Norton, January 08, 2008

BANKING

Russian economy: The flight of the Russian phoenix

In August 1998 the Russian economy looked like a busted flush. Yet less than a decade later it’s the ace in the hole for investors looking for a hedge against a US-inspired global recession. Guy Norton looks at the reasons for its recovery.

Guy Norton, January 08, 2008

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