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  • Source: www.breakingviews.com is Europe's leading financial commentary service.
  • When CLS Bank finally launched its foreign exchange settlement services in September 2002 it was pretty well guaranteed success. After all the delays in implementing the system, combined with all the practical, legal and diplomatic hurdles that the project had to overcome, there was little chance that the 52 settlement banks, or the initiative's management team, would allow it to fail.
  • In the past year, fees on emerging-market bonds have plunged from 50 basis points or more to below 10bp. The fee war is taking its toll on emerging-market teams, but is it temporary or permanent? • Julian Evans reports
  • Uruguay is seeking to push out the maturities on its bonds to give it time to get its economy back in shape before having to repay its foreign debt. It's doing this by means of one huge exchange offer, with which it is trying to swap all of its outstanding bonds for similar bonds of longer maturity.
  • Source: www.breakingviews.com is Europe's leading financial commentary service.
  • How do you entice a highly rated, well-respected and conservative issuer to use a product they've never used before? You offer them a whole new investor base willing to buy a security that bags the issuer savings of 40 basis points over Libor. That's what Wells Fargo managed last month when it issued its first convertible in at least 25 years.
  • Merrill Lynch has been the centre of interest and rumour over the past year because of its efforts to build up its forex business, but another firm, HSBC, has been quietly adding staff, refocusing its business, and climbing up the forex rankings.
  • The president of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, speaks to Euromoney's Asia editor Chris Cockerill about the state of the economy, the battle against corruption and the future of the country after her term of office finishes.
  • Oil majors Yukos and Sibneft tied the knot in Russia's first mega-merger last month and have created what will soon be the world's biggest oil company. At a stroke the creation of YukosSibneft drew a clear map for the development of Russia's oil sector, forcing the country's three largest companies to ready themselves for battle over the remaining oil and gas assets.
  • Barclays' appointment of investment banker Bob Diamond as chairman of Barclays Global Investors last summer indicated the group's commitment to fund management. But can BGI, which only contributes a fraction of Barclays' profits, gain the recognition it wants?
  • CSFB CEO John Mack's resurrection of the dormant role of head of fixed income has triggered a few high-profile departures from the division. But the bank is confident this is just a short-term issue, and its top executives have taken advantage of these departures to start pushing through changes to the organization that they hope will increase its deal flow. ? Antony Currie reports
  • President Nursultan Nazarbayev wants Kazakhstan to become a regional capital markets hub for central Asia. But as Guy Norton reports from Almaty, attracting sufficient investor demand will not necessarily be easy.