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Leaving to one side the continuing debate about the causes of the credit crunch and how best to cure the dislocation in money markets, the relative inadequacies of European capital markets, especially in fixed income, are undisputed.

We don’t usually like to blow our own trumpet at Euromoney, but our Regional finance and investment conference for south east Europe, now in its seventh year and still going strong, is without doubt one of the landmark shindigs in the region. And not just for the sun-drenched charms of the ridiculously picturesque fishing village of Cavtat in Croatia.

Liquidity facilities have come out of the shadows, and many are surprised by what they really look like.

Quantitative investment strategies are valid, says report.

While Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and others enjoy unprecedented levels of activity, and London and New York poach more Asian business, the Tokyo Stock Exchange is struggling to recapture the success of its early 1990s’ heyday. Is it too late for Tokyo? Lawrence White reports.

France is looking to contest England’s supremacy in the financial world by challenging London’s claim to be Europe’s financial centre.

How do you price liquidity risk?

Debt trading poll: A year to separate the men from the boys

Mexico’s housing construction boom has been good news for emerging market investors, as the country’s mortgage-backed securities scene has developed from an unknown asset class to a $3 billion market that makes up more than 40% of Mexico’s capital market annual turnover.

As Euromoney went to press, Bank Saint Petersburg was set to provide an important test of investor sentiment towards the Russian banking sector, with the bank’s initial public offering sure to be closely watched as an indicator of investor appetite for Russian banking assets in the wake of the fallout from the problems in the US sub-prime mortgage market. Joint bookrunners Deutsche Bank and Renaissance Capital set the price range for the IPO at $4.35 to $5.65 per share and $13.05 to $16.95 per global depositary receipt. Post-IPO the bank should have a market capitalization of $1.2 billion to $1.6 billion. As of July, BSPB was the 27th biggest Russian bank by assets

Debt trading poll: A year to separate the men from the boys

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