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  • Source: www.breakingviews.com is Europe's leading financial commentary service
  • Attractive margins on new-issue business in the sterling corporate bonds sector are encouraging European and US banks to enter the market. But gaining and maintaining a foothold in this cliquish arena could prove costly
  • Their stock prices have risen, their bonds have tightened, and now they've recorded a couple of good sets of quarterly earnings. One or two even managed record or near-record earnings for the second quarter. So far it has been a good year for US investment and universal banks. Are they finally putting three years of pain behind them?
  • Focusing more than ever on profitablility, banks are making big changes in their businesses, not least in bringing debt and equity teams together. Antony Currie and Peter Koh report
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  • Global head of foreign exchange research, JPMorgan Chase
  • The global speculative-grade default rate has fallen by more than 75% in the second quarter of 2003, according to Moody's, the ratings agency. Twenty-one of Moody's rated corporate bond issuers have defaulted on $8.9 billion of debt; this compares to $42 billion for the same period in 2002.
  • A series of research analysis rules have been approved by the SEC to enhance the independence and objectivity of corporate research.
  • Sentiment among senior executives in the US towards the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has deteriorated since its implementation in July 2002, according to a recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Only 30% of the respondents view the legislation in a favourable light, compared to 42% when the same group was surveyed in October 2002.
  • The executive search industry is eagerly awaiting 2004 after Hunt Scanlon Advisors, a market research firm, released a survey predicting that fees for the search profession will see single-digit growth from 2004 onwards. Fees for research consultancy may be as high as $16 billion by 2007.
  • A study by the SEC has recommended that a principles-based approach should be adopted when dealing with accounting standards. The study, prepared by the office of the chief accountant, relates to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.