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REITs hit the streets

Recent IPOs show that that property investment vehicles known as REITs, popular in western markets, might be gaining a foothold in Asia. If REITs win mainstream acceptance they could change the landscape of Asia's markets, offering extra flexibility to property companies and steady yields to investors. Chris Leahy reports.

Chris Leahy, January 01, 2005

Opinion

Here comes the euro

Could the euro overtake the dollar as the world's premier reserve currency soon? Yes, says Niall Ferguson, professor of international history at Harvard University. At Euromoney's Euro Fixed-Income Forum in Paris last month, Ferguson said that a growing US fiscal deficit in the short term, and the likely bankruptcy of the US social security system, could produce a crisis of confidence in the dollar.

Mark Johnson, January 01, 2005

Catella Property Group: A real-estate niche

Return to UBS tops private banking poll

Julie Dalla-Costa, January 01, 2005

Merrill Lynch Private Banking: A head start in hedge funds

Return to UBS tops private banking poll

Chris Leahy, January 01, 2005

BANKING

Investors buoy up US high-yield

Strong demand kept US high-yield new issues flowing fast through the usually quiet end-of-year period. But with the market open to issuers from all sectors with often untested track records, are buyers riding for a fall? Kathryn Tully reports.

Kathryn Tully, January 01, 2005

CAPITAL MARKETS

Citi's rare exchangeable pleases the regulator

Back to Polish Banking

Julian Evans, January 01, 2005

Tronchetti deploys his magic multiplier

By Camilla Palladino,

January 01, 2005

Watch out for restructuring

For all its increased transparency, standardization, and liquidity, investors should treat the credit derivatives market with caution in 2005.

Mark Brown, January 01, 2005

Benchmarking

Private banking 2005: UBS tops private banking poll

Its high industry rankings suggest that UBS's bold drive to build a private banking business onshore across Europe is paying off. The bank soars above the competition according to our second annual survey. But the cost has been substantial. And there remain plenty of niches in which its rivals can excel and turn good profits. Helen Avery reports.

Helen Avery, January 01, 2005

C Hoare and Co: Gentlemen's gentlemen

Return to UBS tops private banking poll

Peter Koh, January 01, 2005

Federal-Mogul's transatlantic tangle

An immensely complex cross-border insolvency is being worked out in US and UK courts. It pits a US billionaire investor against nearly 40,000 UK pension scheme members, UK insolvency procedures against the US's Chapter 11, and one legal system against the other. It could have long-term implications for any distressed debt investor that makes transatlantic investments. Mark Brown reports.

Mark Brown, January 01, 2005

BANKING

Brady Dougan's new old plan for CSFB

Credit Suisse Group is to restructure again. This time, the plan includes a closer integration of investment banking arm CSFB with the rest of the group. Antony Currie looks hard for changes in the revised strategy for CSFB itself and speaks to its CEO, Brady Dougan, about them. He seems to be reheating his predecessor's plans for the firm, which has spent months reviewing its business without making a great deal of progress.

Antony Currie, January 01, 2005

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