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Answering the critics

World Bank president James Wolfensohn responds to the many criticisms being thrown at the institution, points to some of its recent achievements and outlines a vision of how it might work in future.

September 01, 2001

From stability to growth

Pakistan has gone a long way towards stabilizing the economy under its present government, greatly improving the balance-of-payments situation and increasing revenues from taxation: all policies that make multilateral aid a much more practicable proposition. From this base, the government hopes to put in place strategies that will encourage growth, with rationalization of the banking sector and privatization high on the agenda.

September 01, 2001

Opinion

A JPMorgan shake-out

JPMorgan lost three senior emerging-markets bankers in one week. Those leaving are Miguel Guttierez, co-head of emerging markets credit and rate markets (with Jorge Jasson), Robert Priestley, head of the European emerging markets team, and head of origination for Latin America, Rachel Hines.

September 01, 2001

BANKING

Citibank: A bank that ruled the world, almost

What do the the CEO of Standard Chartered, the finance minister of Pakistan, the central bank governor of the Philippines and the opposition leader in Liberia have in common? They all used to work at Citibank.

September 01, 2001

Emerging markets: will ye no come back again?

Underperformance is still the norm in emerging markets.

September 01, 2001

Just how good is the Fed?

The Fed has dscovered the gift of the gab, and it doesn't seem to have done any harm. Not yet, anyway.

September 01, 2001

Equitable PCI still faces a credibility problem

Former Citibanker Deogracias Vistan has taken over as CEO of Equitable PCI, and his main goal is to clean up the bank's balance sheet and its image. The bank’s relationship with Joseph Erap Estrada does not make Vistan’s task an easy one.

September 01, 2001

Nine Citibankers who went on to great things

Some Citibank alumni did not simply live on their legacy at Citi, but made their own legacies.

September 01, 2001

Awards

Central bank governor of the year 2001: Tito Mboweni, governor of the South African Reserve Bank

After two years in the job, the South African Reserve Bank’s governor Tito Mboweni has earned the respect and admiration of his peers and market players. His biggest success has been in bringing inflation under control.

September 01, 2001

Awards

Finance minister of the year 2001: Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan

If ever a finance minister was in the firing line, Shaukat Aziz is that man. The 30-year veteran of Citibank is saddled with the task of selling yet another military government in Pakistan to a sceptical international investor community.

September 01, 2001

Opinion

Fry offers kisses to the “assorted capitalist scum”

What better way to start off an awards ceremony than with a quick reminder of one's place in the world? That's the tack comedian Stephen Fry took as he introduced Euromoney's second annual awards dinner at the Natural History Museum in London last month.

August 01, 2001

European corporate bond: An unfinished credit revolution

When bankers involved in European credit issuance enthuse about the astonishing growth in the market they are only in part talking their own book. The euro revolution means demand is certainly there. Supply of the right mix of paper in the right amounts and with sufficient liquidity is another question. And beyond that there are growing suspicions that most buyers are not taking enough account of risk.

August 01, 2001

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