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Property is thrift

With equity returns staying stubbornly low, pension funds have been forced to reconsider investing in property. What had become an unfashionable asset class in many major markets has turned out to be the best performer of the past decade.

Julie Dalla-Costa, August 01, 2003

The limits on US unilateralism

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter's national security adviser when he was US president, spoke to Euromoney's Global Borrowers and Investors forum in June. In this edited version of his address, he analyzes the complexities of the Bush administration's fragmented foreign policy and the constraints on its freedom of action.

August 01, 2003

Taxman backtracks on carried interest

The UK's Inland Revenue has made what some view as an embarrassing climbdown on a tax change that could have forced leading private-equity players overseas.

Jo Hickey, August 01, 2003

Putin lets go of his free-market image

The Kremlin's sudden attack on oil company Yukos is a flashpoint in a war between two rival clans. One wants Russia to continue its integration into the global economy, the other doesn't. It is not certain which will win.

Julian Evans, August 01, 2003

Problem child Yell makes the big time

Issuer: Yell Group

Julie Dalla-Costa, August 01, 2003

BANKING

Weill takes hands-on retirement

Afer three years of speculation about his departure, Citigroup's CEO Sandy Weil has finally named a successor. But the story doesn't end there.

Antony Currie, August 01, 2003

Botín serenely contemplates 150-year sentence

You don't become chairman of Santander Central Hispano, Spain's largest bank, and the undisputed don of Spanish finance, if you're easily flustered. But Emilio Botín is something else. He was quizzed recently by Spanish journalists about how he felt about the 150-year jail sentence he's facing for alleged tax fraud. Serene, he told them.

Ben Sills, August 01, 2003

Business travel poll 2003: Flight to service

Trends in travel are pushing quality service and cost-efficient processes to the forefront.

Ray Hopkins, August 01, 2003

How the big ones got away

Emerging from bankruptcy protection, some of the biggest corporate failures ever have struggled through the net and are set to take centre stage again. With telecoms consolidation looming, bankers hope to earn big fees from them. But smaller, more prudent telecoms that avoided disaster may get lost in the wake.

Kathryn Brayshay, August 01, 2003

Shipping catches a rising tide

Shipping is returning to the capital markets, six years after many borrowers defaulted. But are the top investment banks, which have the most direct access to high-yield investors, necessarily best equipped to lead new issues?

Mark Brown, August 01, 2003

BBC tunes in to securitization

Issuer: ELoC 16

Mark Brown, August 01, 2003

Demand for rupee options is set to blossom

Rupee currency options have started trading for the first time under new guidelines from the Reserve Bank of India. The move comes as part of a series of efforts to develop Indian derivatives markets.

Katie Astbury, August 01, 2003

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