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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

BANKING

Inside Citigroup’s plans for emerging markets domination

More than 50% of Citigroup’s corporate and investment banking revenues come from outside north America, so emerging markets are the cornerstone of its success or failure. It already dominates some areas but can it blow the competition away in every product and in every region? Sudip Roy reports.

Sudip Roy, March 01, 2006

“Can you pay me before I die?”

Inside Argentina’s financial crisis | Why Lavagna was the only man for the job | The fall and rise of Argentina

March 01, 2006

BANKING

Russian banks come with high price tag

The market is attractive to potential foreign acquirers, but the process of acquisition is proving far from easy. Patrick Gill reports.

March 01, 2006

CAPITAL MARKETS

Second-lien financing: Untapped resource or risk?

Second-lien financings grew dramatically in 2005. Total US second-lien loan issuance alone amounted to more than $22 billion in 2005. In Europe, second-lien issuance totalled €5.75 billion in 2005, rising from €1.88 billion in 2004.

Denise Bedell, March 01, 2006

BANKING

MIDEAST: Lack of products makes investors demand more

Supply of both Islamic-compliant and conventional instruments has so far failed to keep up with the voracious levels of demand across the Middle East, but there are signs that product-starved investors might now begin to see a steadier flow, though far-reaching challenges remain. Kathryn Wells reports.

Kathryn Wells, March 01, 2006

Country risk poll: Methodology

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%).

Paul Pedzinksi, March 01, 2006

BANKING

Why SCB’s Khunying Jada Watthanasiritham is excited by Thai markets

Thai capital markets are set for a bull run. SCB's president, Khunying Jada Watthanasiritham, expains how her bank, and other local firms, can profit despite growing interest from international banks.

Peter Koh, March 01, 2006

CAPITAL MARKETS

Stock markets: Markets with weak currencies perform better

Research overturns the paradigm that strong currencies provide superior returns.

Peter Koh, March 01, 2006

Opinion

An apology: Mark Stainton

In last month's edition of Euromoney we published an article on page 10 headed "Is Deutsche's CDO business out of control?" which referred to Mark Stainton, Deutsche's successful former Head of CDO trading. Some readers may have thought that the article suggested that there was a link between Mark Stainton's departure from Deutsche to go to Citadel and an alleged overstatement of profits by Deutsche's trader Anshul Rustagi, whose dismissal from Deutsche Bank is currently subject to appeal.

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

Foreign Exchange

FX round up: Dealer costs JPM Chase $6 million

A former FX salesman at JPMorgan Chase in New York has been arrested and charged with wire fraud. Terrence Gumbs apparently hid an unauthorized trade, which cost the bank about $6 million in losses, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in New York.

Lee Oliver, March 01, 2006

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