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BANKING

Millennium BCP: Leveraging knowledge overseas

Portugal’s banks consider their next move | CGD: a domestic retail focus | Euronext: internationalizing Portugal

Laurence Neville, March 01, 2006

BANKING

Taiwan seeks to redraw its financial landscape

Taiwan is desperately overbanked and the unprofitable financial sector is crying out for successful consolidation and rationalization, rather than ill-judged government initiatives. But that has not stopped foreign investors buying into the market for the first time. Nick Parsons reports

Nick Parsons, March 01, 2006

Opinion

LDI Debate: Bridging the void

A mixture of accounting issues, demographics, trends in the equity market and a sharp fall in bond yields has revealed the chasm between the assets and liabilities of pension funds in the UK, Europe and the US. Many will be unable to pay their pension promises in full. Most will be pushed into liability-driven investment strategies. But are they a real solution or an expensive act of desperation?

March 01, 2006

BANKING

FIG Watch: Santander capitalizes on a worldwide view

Grupo Santander is often considered to be among the sharpest of borrowers, and it certainly has one of the biggest profiles. José Antonio Soler, who has run its funding operation for a year and a half, talks to Alex Chambers about the group’s quest for new pools of capital and its developing issuance strategy.

Alex Chambers, March 01, 2006

Prime brokers: Hedge funds go outsourcing

Increasing regulatory costs for hedge fund managers are leading large players to make a U-turn and look to outsource back-office functions, says Tom Kerns, global head of client reporting and product integration at Deutsche Bank Global Prime Services.

Helen Avery, March 01, 2006

BANKING

Saudi Arabia: Gulf debut for Islamic RMBS

Dollar bond with enhanced curve is a sign of bigger things to come.

Kathryn Wells, March 01, 2006

Country risk poll: Global Results

Overall rankings To obtain the overall country risk score, Euromoney assigns a weighting to nine categories. These are political risk (25% weighting), economic performance (25%), debt indicators (10%), debt in default or rescheduled (10%), credit ratings (10%), access to bank finance (5%), access to short-term finance (5%), access to capital markets (5%), forfaiting (5%).

March 01, 2006

Opinion

A big buzz in Manila

Jollibee Bee, mascot, all dressed up to collect company's award for Best-managed consumer goods company in Asia.

Chris Leahy, March 01, 2006

LDI Debate Participants

LDI Debate: Bridging the void

March 01, 2006

CF round up: Costamagna quits Goldman

Goldman Sachs might still be the firm to beat when it comes to global M&A but it has just lost the chairman of its European investment banking business, Claudio Costamagna, who will leave this month after 17 years at the firm.

Kathryn Tully, March 01, 2006

BANKING

Subordinated debt issuers get mixed reception

If much-needed domestic bank consolidation ever gets off the ground in Taiwan, those banks that have brought successful subordinated debt issues to the market might be the most likely consolidators. Successful issues are a sign of confidence on the part of the market in a specific bank, and last year Taiwanese banks emerged to test their popularity.

Nick Parsons, March 01, 2006

BANKING

Portugal’s banks consider their next move

The country’s banks are successful and stable. But a small domestic market leaves a difficult choice: concentrate on building at home or seek to expand overseas. Laurence Neville reports.

Laurence Neville, March 01, 2006

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