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BANKING

Guatemala: Crisis? What crisis?

Willy Zapata, Guatemala’s head of banking supervision, is not easily shaken. When Euromoney met him late in the evening recently, his offices were under siege from angry depositors in the second bank to collapse in as many months. Armed guards barred the gates.

Sudip Roy, February 27, 2007

BANKING

People and markets: Citi fleshes out FICC decision

The shift in the balance of power in Citi’s debt group duplicates a trend seen in some other US investment banks.

Jethro Wookey, February 27, 2007

BANKING

Garcia says goodbye to IADB after 35 years

One of Latin America’s most distinguished banking careers will come to an end this month. Eloy Garcia, treasurer at the Inter-American Development Bank, will leave the multilateral after its annual meeting in Guatemala at the end of March after 35 years’ service.

Sudip Roy, February 27, 2007

BANKING

Headhunters make hay in Russian winter

The temperature in Moscow has plummeted to well below freezing in recent weeks but the battle to land the best available investment banking talent is raging white hot as firms snap up experienced personnel whom – they hope at least – will boost their share in one of the world’s most lucrative markets.

Guy Norton, February 27, 2007

BANKING

Structured products debate participants

Structured products debate

February 27, 2007

Ecuador’s outstanding debt: To pay or not to pay

In the month after populist leftist Rafael Correa took power in January, the market in Ecuador’s global bonds went crazy. Correa made noises about defaulting on Ecuador’s debt from the beginning of his presidential campaign, but bond traders generally discounted that rhetoric as political posturing, and Ecuador’s benchmark 2030 global bonds remained near par until after the inauguration.

Felix Salmon, February 27, 2007

BANKING

Exclusive news on BAA: delayed refinancing and disappearing downgrade?

The market has been eagerly awaiting the deal, which will be the largest corporate securitisation to date and may even reach £8 billion in size.

Louise Bowman, February 26, 2007

List of Islamic finance award winners

Best in Islamic finance: Pushing beyond the boundaries

February 26, 2007

BANKING

Moody’s invites market ridicule with new bank ratings

This week when Moody’s unveiled an unprecedented wave of credit rating upgrades for banks in the Nordic, Benelux and CEE regions it clearly did not think what the impact on its own credibility would be.

Alex Chambers, February 26, 2007

BANKING

I don’t want nobody to give me nothing -

– open up the door, I’ll get it myself.

I get the impression that some market participants are still a little bit concerned about what I’m going to write about when I contact them.

February 22, 2007

BANKING

I don’t want nobody to give me nothing -

– open up the door, I’ll get it myself.

I get the impression that some market participants are still a little bit concerned about what I’m going to write about when I contact them.

Lee Oliver, February 22, 2007

Opinion

Fortress and FIGJAM

Credit Suisse used to be a byword for bad governance. I remember a friend who worked there in the dot-com days joking: “It’s hard to find a jurisdiction where we are not being sued.’’

Abigail Hofman, February 21, 2007

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