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BANKING

Securitization: Lazio gets biggest ever revolving commitment

Investment banks Nomura and Mediobanca are about to close Italy’s largest ever securitization of regional healthcare receivables, according to market sources in Italy and London. “This is the largest ever deal of its type, and it has unique structural features that have never been used before in this asset class,” says a source close to the €2 billion transaction.

January 03, 2006

BANKING

Private Banking: Santander presses on with Latin growth

Search the results Santander’s private banking operation wants to grow its business in Latin America by 20% annually over the next three years

Kathryn Tully, January 03, 2006

CAPITAL MARKETS

Structured Credit: BNP Paribas’s second Dynamo

Innovation and wider investor participation continue apace.

January 03, 2006

Awards

Islamic finance 2006: Local markets make it to the mainstream

Euromoney reports on the innovations driving the market forward, and profiles the winners of latest Islamic finance awards.

Kate Luxford, January 03, 2006

Opinion

Less could mean more from EU regulators

Fewer new financial sector rules from the EC might sound like a welcome respite, but it is not the same thing as no new rules.

January 03, 2006

Opinion

Debt markets cannot disclose something that doesn’t exist

If Mifid forces banks to physically trade illiquid bonds they publish prices on, they won’t risk their capital.

January 03, 2006

Pensioned out

Thailand’s pension system is very much a work in progress. The two principal existing schemes, the Old Age Pension Fund (OAPF) and the Government Pension Fund (GPF), cover roughly 9 million workers between them [see table at end of story]. Another 1.5 million workers are covered by corporate provident funds. A few wealthier Thais benefit from the retirement mutual funds scheme.

Chris Leahy, January 03, 2006

BANKING

Private banking: Competition gets hot

Although Asia remains in the vanguard of private banking growth, a new survey from Boston Consulting Group highlights key challenges ahead.

Chris Leahy, January 03, 2006

Hedge funds: Icahn takes activism to the next level

In battle for Time Warner, he must convince institutions and the proxy recommendation service advisers.

Kathryn Tully, January 03, 2006

FM round-up: Vacant position of the month

Calpers, the largest US pension fund, is on the prowl for a new chief investment officer to replace Mark Anson, who stepped down in October to become chief executive officer of Hermes Pensions Management Ltd. The $200 billion fund says it has appointed a recruitment firm and hopes to fill the position in the next six to eight months.

Helen Avery, January 03, 2006

CAPITAL MARKETS

Private equity: Recaps suffer as leverage multiples rocket

Tougher financing conditions are now making it harder to execute.

Denise Bedell, January 03, 2006

FM round-up: Angry client of the month

Scotland’s richest man, Sir Tom Hunter, plans to pull out £100 million ($177 million) he has invested with UBS Wealth Management after falling out with UBS executive Jon Wood, according to the UK press. The two have been battling it out in a court case in connection with their personal involvement in The Gadget Shop.

January 03, 2006

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