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  • To date, securitization in eastern Europe has been a very occasional affair. Turkey has seen a few future-flow transactions, Hungary has a relatively developed domestic mortgage bond market, but you can count the number of other transactions on the fingers of two hands. However, the market should pick up this year.
  • The prospect of next month's European Commission decision on EU membership for Romania has concentrated the minds of the country's politicians and bankers. A flurry of reforms have been accompanied by an acceleration of privatization to get the country into shape for a 2007 accession target.
  • This survey is designed to provide a combined qualitative and quantitative review of the best services in private banking, organized by region and by 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. Our 38 categories are designed to reflect the strengths of both local niche companies and global firms.
  • When it comes to picking stocks and beating the market, women are better, says DigitalLook.com. In a study of 100,000 portfolios from July 2003 to July 2004, the company found the average woman's portfolio grew 10%, beating the FTSE All-Share by 3% and the average man's portfolio by 4%.
  • European and US equity markets have mirrored each other for years but macro trends could force a decoupling over the next two years. ABN Amro strategists see several factors paving the way for this. The first is that productivity growth in the US and Europe has passed an inflection point. The US has experienced two years of strong productivity growth, but the rate is unlikely to be sustainable. European productivity still has room for improvement.
  • There has been an unseasonal tension on some of Spain's more exclusive beaches over the past month. August is usually a time for the great and the good of industry to leave the stresses of the cities behind them and unwind by the sea. But for the chairmen of some of the biggest companies, the holidays were spoiled by the knowledge that in the autumn they will be fighting for their jobs.
  • Azamat Joldasbekov, president and chief executive officer of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange, spoke to Euromoney's Nick Kochan about the market's limitations and changes being made to extend the scope of its operations
  • The youthful managers of Kazakhstan's financial sector are determined that oil and minerals wealth will be used to create a strong mixed economy. A well-regulated banking system and controls on the inflationary effects of oil earnings have been established but diversification and financial markets development still face significant hurdles.
  • The appointment of former deputy central bank governor Jammaz Al-Suhaimi as chairman of Saudi Arabia's Capital Markets Authority looks set to accelerate the liberalization and broadening of the kingdom's financial markets.
  • Following a period of sustained economic growth, the Caribbean is faced with a new challenge. Recent developments in international legislation might reduce capital inflows and put more pressure on the region's financial sector.
  • Analysts are growing increasingly concerned about rising problem loans advanced to SMEs by Korean banks. The banks' track record inspires little confidence. They lent unwisely to the conglomerates in the late 1990s and then hit problems with consumer credit cards. Have the Korean banks learnt their lesson or is a third bad debt crisis looming?
  • Insurers investing in structured credit have been a particular concern. Both the Financial Services Authority in the UK and the Federal Reserve in the US have drawn attention to this. In 2002, FSA chairman Howard Davies suggested that insurers didn't have the resources to assess credit risk transfer in synthetic CDOs.