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CAPITAL MARKETS

Real estate CDOs: One size fits all?

Taking the successful US CRE CDO model and simply applying it to the European CMBS market is unlikely to work.

Louise Bowman, September 29, 2006

CAPITAL MARKETS

ABS: Maxed-out on credit cards

Investors get fat yields as rating agencies seek extra credit enhancement.

Alex Chambers, September 29, 2006

Opinion

Worsening risk, new investors and the absent canary

There have been plenty of compelling reasons to go short credit as an asset class this year. Investment-grade corporates are under threat from leveraged takeover by huge private equity funds; at the lower end of the credit spectrum, the easy availability of cheap credit even to risky B-rated borrowers has stretched leverage ratios to unsustainable levels.

Clive Horwood, September 29, 2006

EEMEA news: Editor's note

In the article in the September issue of Euromoney entitled, "How

September 29, 2006

CAPITAL MARKETS

The linchpin of Islamic finance

A product without a market

Sudip Roy, September 29, 2006

Best companies in Asia 2006

Analysts at leading banks and research institutes are asked to nominate their top companies in each of the countries or sectors they covered, bearing in mind market strength, profitability, growth potential and quality of management and earnings.

September 29, 2006

BANKING

Argentina: Mortgage reform stymied by short-term capital

A liberalization of the mortgage market in Argentina could lead to a rise in securitizations and the creation of the country’s equivalent of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

September 29, 2006

EEMEA market round-up: Polish firm raises the largest fund ever for central and eastern Europe

Polish private equity firm Enterprise Investors has closed its most recent fund, Polish Enterprise Fund VI, at €658 million, making it the largest ever fund raised for central and eastern Europe.

Kathryn Wells, September 29, 2006

Opinion

Emerging market debt: The search for alpha

As summer draws to a close, bankers and investors are gearing up for the rush of new bond issues that traditionally hits the market in the last quarter. In the emerging markets it’s little different. The pipeline of deals out of Russia is strong, Asia is witnessing one of its busiest times of the year and Latin American issuance should pick up now that Brazil’s election is out of the way. Even in the Middle East, corporates are beginning to appreciate the benefits of the capital markets.

September 29, 2006

AI market round-up: Caymans hit 8,000 mark

More than 8,000 hedge funds are now registered in the Cayman Islands.

Helen Avery, September 29, 2006

BANKING

Asia Pacific market round-up: UBS heads back to school

More evidence of the chronic staff shortages still faced by Asia’s private banks came in September with news that UBS, the largest private bank in the region, has resorted to constructing its own purpose-built training facility for new recruits and existing staff to cater for the demands of its burgeoning Asia wealth management business.

Chris Leahy, September 29, 2006

BANKING

Best Asian Company Methodology

Euromoney's Annual Asia Company ranking is based on a survey of market analysts at leading banks and research institutes in Asia. We received replies from 49 institutions and analysts. Respondents were asked to nominate the top three companies in each of the countries or sectors they covered, bearing in mind market strength, profitability, growth potential and quality of management and earnings.

September 29, 2006

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