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Lula faces central bank challenge

Since taking office in 2003, Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been the man to watch in Latin America, bringing the region's largest economy unprecedented stability and silencing fears that the former steel worker would be unable to handle the country's huge foreign debt. This year, though, Lula faces one of the biggest challenges to his pro-market credentials: the task of pushing an initiative through congress to give the central bank autonomy.

Leticia Lozano, March 01, 2005

BANKING

Internet awards 2005: Why biggest isn't always smartest

Close to 1,800 vote in our Internet technology awards. End users tell us which banks' and other providers' internet and electronic systems they rate highest across a range of equity, fixed-income, foreign exchange and derivatives markets as well as investor and corporate services.

Andrew Newby, March 01, 2005

Executive pay survey from Mercer Human Resource Consulting

Salary increases for executive directors and senior executives remained at 2003 levels while bonus payments decreased last year, according to a survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. The study covered reward arrangements for 47 top management positions in 38 large UK companies, including FTSE 100 companies and other large multinationals.

March 01, 2005

Opinion

A question of trust

Can you trust your boss? Apparently more so in the US than in the UK and Asia. Research by consultants Watson Wyatt says 51% of US workers have trust and confidence in the job being done by senior management, compared with just 31% of UK workers.

Helen Avery, March 01, 2005

Foreign Exchange

Towards a local currency revolution

As Uruguay and Colombia have shown, for the right country under the right circumstances local-currency bonds marketed globally can be a valuable addition to emerging market instruments, for both issuers and investors.

Felix Salmon, March 01, 2005

Streetwise: The world's most expensive technology

Be careful when you write that email. It could come back to haunt you – as Henry Blodget and a growing number of corporates have painfully discovered

Henry Blodget, March 01, 2005

Technology awards results (cond')

Why biggest isn't always smartest | Methodology

March 01, 2005

Opinion

Love is in the cyber-air

While we're celebrating the best of the web in Euromoney's technology poll this month, mention must be made of Christian Mundigo, head of long-term interest rates trading, Europe, Japan & Asia, at BNP Paribas. Christian and his wife Braden's personal site (www.harvestmoonhill.com) is intuitive, user-friendly, and easily navigable.

Mark Brown, March 01, 2005

Country risk survey results

return to As spreads tighten the world gets riskier | Methodology

March 01, 2005

CAPITAL MARKETS

The securitization revolution

The opening of German financial markets to true securitization looks set to relieve banks of badly performing loans, add new capital to the mortgage markets and revolutionize the financing of Mittelstand companies.

Ben Aris, March 01, 2005

CAPITAL MARKETS

Critic sees cause for optimism

The German Banking Association (Bundesverband deutscher Banken – BDB) has been a harsh critic of the slow pace of reform of the financial sector. However, over the past year the government has managed to push through several new laws. Manfred Weber (right), the BDB's CEO, tells Ben Aris there is much left to do but he is quietly optimistic that things are moving in the right direction. Reforms are moving slowly while everyone agrees that reform is needed. Is enough being done fast enough?

March 01, 2005

CR results incorporating CPI 2004 by region

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March 01, 2005

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