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Private banking Methodology

This survey has been designed to provide a qualitative and quantitative review of the best services in private banking, organized by region and areas of service. It also aims to be an informative guide for high-net-worth individuals on the range of service providers that are available.

Helen Avery, January 01, 2005

CAPITAL MARKETS

FSA’s valuable force: Monetization among UK insurers

In late December the UK’s Financial Services Authority held a meeting with the Association of British Insurers setting out its position on securitization and reinsurance for life insurers.

Alex Chambers, January 01, 2005

BANKING

Polish banks make a profit breakthrough

Poland's once-beleaguered banks are posting profit growth for 2004 as high as 400% in some cases. Banks are now hungry to increase market share via acquisitions. But who at the table is prepared to cash in their chips? Julian Evans reports.

Julian Evans, January 01, 2005

CAPITAL MARKETS

Alternative fund managers converge

The advantages of sharing specialist industry sector information drawn from private companies, plus a desire to provide complementary asset allocation vehicles to end investors, are drawing private-equity firms and hedge funds into alliances. Private equity firms are hoping to capture some of the client money rushing into hedge funds a number of which are now bidding for whole companies. Julie Dalla-Costa reports.

Julie Dalla-Costa, January 01, 2005

CAPITAL MARKETS

Small is bountiful

In 2004 equity deals for smaller companies were much more lucrative for investment banks than large block trades, which were often disasters from a profit point of view. Heavy competition for deals, with league table positions strongly in mind, helped kept discounts tight. In volatile markets, banks proved willing to cut their own throats in pursuit of ill-paid privatization transactions. Peter Koh reports

Peter Koh, January 01, 2005

Opinion

Time to dust down those inflation slide rules

Inflation differentials between countries are returning and investment analysts will reinvent the technology for weighing them. First in the balance will be the US whose assets look set to weigh light against those of Europe and Japan

David Roche, January 01, 2005

BANKING

Still room for consolidation

Back to Time for reality check

Dimitris Kontogiannis, January 01, 2005

CAPITAL MARKETS

Buy M for madness till the music stops

Hong Kong investors' addiction to the fast buck has often landed them in trouble. The latest preoccupation, the M share, entails feverish punting in listed stocks that are themselves punting on neighbouring territory Macau's gambling industry. As a clever few rapidly enrich themselves at the expense of the gullible masses, the inevitable result looms. Chris Leahy reports.

Chris Leahy, January 01, 2005

Boosted by growth in central Europe

Austria's economy is in better shape than those of most of the states to its west and its companies already have a solid presence in the new EU states in central and eastern Europe. Now it is reforming its financial markets and encouraging foreign investors in order to take advantage of further gains. Ben Aris reports.

Ben Aris, January 01, 2005

CAPITAL MARKETS

Bond spreads under pressure

Back to Time for a reality check

January 01, 2005

Foreign Exchange

Russian roulette

In a bold but reckless ploy, for much of last year Russia's president Vladimir Putin sought to curb the appreciation of the rouble against the dollar by intervening in the market. But the strategy, designed to protect domestic producers against growing imports, backfired. Along with inflation, capital outflows revived, sparking off the mini liquidity crisis that hit several banks in the summer. Ben Aris reports.

Ben Aris, January 01, 2005

Streetwise: Not such great expectations

Many companies still play the game of regularly guiding market expectations for earnings to a level that they then proceed to beat. They should watch their language

Henry Blodget, January 01, 2005

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