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Mathis Cabiallavetta: The tragic hero of UBS

Is Mathis Cabiallavetta the Othello of the financial markets - a man who loved "not wisely but too well"? Dirk Schütz, author of the first history of the SBC/UBS merger, (Der Fall der UBS published by Bilanz), certainly blames Cab's loyalty for the quality of people he collected round him as he rose to the top of UBS.

August 01, 1998

BANKING

Greece: How long Europe's darling?

Looking for a convergence play in Europe? There's still one bet left: Greece, potentially the last of the euro-bubbles. Investors keen to gamble on Greece's entry to Emu may find their chance in the country's privatization programme.

August 01, 1998

Siemens the financial engineer

In-house banking is out of fashion - except in Munich, where industrial colossus Siemens has set up its own financial institution. It even aims to attract outside customers. Does the company know what it is doing? And can it make any real money in banking? By Laura Covill.

August 01, 1998

BANKING

Doing it for charity

It's not often investors buy stock for reasons of charity, but Jardine Fleming achieved this feat on June 16 when celebrating its inaugural day as a member of the Singapore stock exchange. It decided to give half of its commissions to charity.

August 01, 1998

Crossing capital market boundaries

As the largest and most sophisticated capital market, the US remains the breeding ground for new products. Borrowers are demanding ever more flexible approaches to capital raising. A new wave of hybrid securities is emerging. James Rutter reports.

July 01, 1998

BANKING

Bank Supervision: Shadow boxing with the ECB

If a major bank based in euroland, such as ING or Deutsche Bank, had liquidity problems, which central bank, if any, would help with temporary funding? Would it be the European Central Bank or one at the national level?

July 01, 1998

BANKING

Viva Viagra

Ace Greenberg, the 70-year-old chairman of Bear Stearns, is one of the biggest of Wall Street's Big Swinging Dicks: his 1997 pay cheque was comfortably over the $20 million mark.

July 01, 1998

The cutting edge of venture capital

The leveraged buy-out market in Europe has doubled every year since the mid-1990s. Some market participants doubt that resources and expertise are sufficient to maintain this heady pace. Nevertheless business should continue booming as European monetary union takes effect and US firms are beginning to take an interest. Rebecca Bream reports.

July 01, 1998

Indian Finance Minister: On downgrades, reversals and press misquotations

"I must confess to you that at times the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] is misunderstood, misreported and statements are quoted out of context," says India's new finance minister Yashwant Sinha.

July 01, 1998

Awards

Awards of Excellence 1998

The financial markets have never stood still. But rarely have they moved as quickly as they do today. The winners of all our awards by product sector are facing the same forces. Globalization is driving the market and firms are responding by consolidating. Take a careful look at the winners. They are sure to be very different next year.

July 01, 1998

Opinion

No escape for Latin America

The emerging-market crisis will roll on, mutating like a virus as it kills investor dreams. Sure, Latin America's flaws are not those of Asia. But they're deep enough for the region to get whacked.

July 01, 1998

Awards

Awards for Excellence: Middle East

Awards of Excellence

July 01, 1998

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