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BANKING

Kyrgyzstan: Government pursues former central banker

General prosecutor to appeal not guilty verdict against Ulan Sarbanov.

Julian Evans, June 01, 2006

CAPITAL MARKETS

REITs: Reality bites Champion

Too much of a good thing can be harmful, and so it is proving with Asia’s fledgling real estate investment trust sector. Given Asian markets’ passion for property, Reits were always going to be popular. Now one of the latest offerings suggests that investors are becoming more discerning.

Chris Leahy, June 01, 2006

CAPITAL MARKETS

Insurance securitization: Finding a way to cope with mortality

AXA’s proposed extreme mortality cat bond will set the tone for the insurance securitization sector this year.

Louise Bowman, June 01, 2006

CAPITAL MARKETS

Debt round-up: Belgium makes it up with Citi

Following a two-year hiatus, Belgium settles trade with Citi.

Alex Chambers, June 01, 2006

CAPITAL MARKETS

Debt round-up: Raber moves on from UBS European syndicate

Henrik Raber has become co-head of European sales and trading at UBS. He spent three years as head of syndicate, having joined the bank in 2001 from Lehman Brothers. Meanwhile, Armin Peter and Evie Christodoulidou have joined UBS syndicate as part of an expansion into covered bonds and structured notes. Peter is now head of covered bond syndicate, following eight years at HSBC, and reports to Mark Wheatcroft. Wheatcroft will now co-head syndicate alongside Jonathan Brown.

Alex Chambers, June 01, 2006

Opinion

The lessons of Jammaz Al-Suhaimi's demise

Saudi regulator leaves a positive legacy for his country’s financial markets.

June 01, 2006

Foreign Exchange

FXMS - Space 2007: an FX market odyssey?

Although adoption of an exchange-like structure has been predicted for years, foreign exchange has predominantly been traded over the counter. Could a new initiative by the CME and Reuters finally force the transition through? Lee Oliver reports.

Lee Oliver, June 01, 2006

Foreign Exchange

DBFX platform: UBS targets High Net Worths

Until recently, it seemed that the big FX players in FX were happy to leave the retail sector to aggregators, perhaps taking comfort from the prospect that once these had built up a decent size position they would see the business anyway.

Lee Oliver, June 01, 2006

Hedge funds: GCA singles out emerging opportunities

Of the 8,000 or so hedge funds globally, around 97% are focused on the US and European capital markets. And although opportunities in Asia, Latin America, and central and eastern Europe are being recognized, with the net amount of money flowing into hedge funds that focus on emerging-market investments rising 13% in 2005 according to Hedge Fund Research, not many investors are sufficiently confident to invest in these regions separately.

Helen Avery, June 01, 2006

CAPITAL MARKETS

Private equity: Southern Cross takes challenge

Southern Cross Group is making waves in Latin American private equity, standing out because of its aggressive and sometimes contentious strategy – it only invests in companies in which it has unchallenged control of management – which is bringing it high returns.

Leticia Lozano, June 01, 2006

CAPITAL MARKETS

Best high yield borrower: Tim Hellas

The Greek telecommunications firm completed one of the most successful LBO bridge loan refinancings seen to date in the European market.

June 01, 2006

Benchmarking

Best debt house 2006: League tables tell only half the story

Euromoney’s new poll shows that, according to the world’s largest issuers, Deutsche and Citigroup have the quality as well as the quantity of business to maintain their leading positions. But, as Alex Chambers reports, the results also throw up some interesting contradictions.

Alex Chambers, June 01, 2006

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