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Bankruptcy law: Tighter Chapter 11 regime takes effect

New US bankruptcy laws that came into effect in October will alter the way companies go through restructuring and might make it harder to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In addition the ability of companies to manage their own reorganization will be affected – giving creditors more say after a few months.

Denise Bedell, November 01, 2005

BANKING

China's road to reform

Zhou Xiao Chuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, tells Sudip Roy why the renminbi was revalued and what financial reforms are next on the agenda.

Sudip Roy, November 01, 2005

Opinion

Brown has his eye on the ball

It’s good to see that the world’s leading finance ministers slum it on the same flights as us mere mortals to the IMF/World Bank meetings. For who should be on the Virgin flight from London Heathrow to Washington, DC, than UK chancellor Gordon Brown?

Sudip Roy, November 01, 2005

CAPITAL MARKETS

Old product, new law

Another round of changes to financial legislation could reshape the German covered bond market. But it isn’t the new Pfandbrief Act that has got banks most excited. Laurence Neville reports.

November 01, 2005

CFA: filling a real estate gap

Why CFOs should stop mistrusting hedge funds

November 01, 2005

BANKING

Time to take stock

Global M&A volumes are heading back up to levels not seen since 2000. This should give investors pause for thought: 2000 was, after all, a year of excess. Although the market is very different today, some things never change. Peter Koh reports.

Peter Koh, November 01, 2005

FM round-up: Three months and counting...

1,900 – estimated number of hedge fund managers that need to register with the SEC by February as part of the US regulator’s new rules for the industry.

November 01, 2005

Foreign Exchange

FX round-up: Saxo Bank to open in London

Denmark’s Saxo Bank has announced that it will open a London office in the “near future”. Lars Seier Christensen, Saxo’s chief executive, says the focus of the new office will initially be purely institutional.

November 01, 2005

Opinion

Weak links in the circle of imbalance

China’s inefficient economy is under threat because its capital costs are set to rise, but it is as likely to falter because US consumerism hits the wall. And there are signs that American profligacy cannot be sustained much longer

David Roche, November 01, 2005

BANKING

Investors force the pace

In 2005, while issuers, underwriters, rating agencies and regulators have still been grappling with the question of covered bond identity, investor concerns have been more basic – spreads, yields, and the arrival of new investors. Mark Brown reports.

Mark Brown, November 01, 2005

BANKING

Indian private equity takes a wider view

India’s private-equity business is growing fast again. But unlike the late-1990s boom of flows to technology companies, money is heading into a broad range of sectors, reflecting the strong performance of the economy. Kautilya Shastri reports.

November 01, 2005

Opinion

What the new breed of hedge funds have to offer

The hedge fund industry has matured at a faster pace than anyone could have anticipated. Sure, there are still problems, but the old habit of tarring all hedge funds with the old brush of suspicion must surely be left in the past.

November 01, 2005

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