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Waiting to take off

Ecuador has two well-organized exchanges, a privatization program, and an open market. So where are the investors? Anywhere but in emerging markets, since Russia's problems. Isabel Vallejo reports

September 01, 1998

BANKING

Ignacio Sosa and Stephen DeSalvo, BankBoston

Different ways to skin a cat

September 01, 1998

BANKING

Highly commended: Yannos Papantoniou, Finance minister, Greece

Finance Minister of the Year: The return of Poland's middle-distance champion

September 01, 1998

BANKING

Highly commended: Pedro Malan, Finance minister, Brazil

Finance Minister of the Year: The return of Poland's middle-distance champion

September 01, 1998

BANKING

Highly commended: Luis Angel Rojo, Central banker, Spain

Central Banker of the Year: Gustavo Franco's bold use of power

September 01, 1998

BANKING

Brian Williamson, Chairman, Liffe

"If anyone can rescue Liffe, he can." That seems to be the word on Brian Williamson, who in July put his initial reluctance to one side and agreed to become the London International Financial Futures & Options Exchange's first full-time - and salaried - chairman.

September 01, 1998

BANKING

Hank Paulson, Co-chairman and co-chief executive, Goldman Sachs

Hank Paulson, appointed co-chairman and co-chief executive (to serve alongside Jon Corzine) of Goldman Sachs in June, is known for being intensely hard-working - although he says he has never prided himself on trying to work more hours a day than anyone else. A committed and active conservationist (along with his wife), he also likes to spend his holidays in the wild outdoors.

September 01, 1998

BANKING

Latin America: Caught in the rouble backwash

When Russia announced a moratorium on its debt payments and a rouble devaluation, Latin American debt traders had only one thing to say: "The markets are closed."

September 01, 1998

BANKING

Czech Republic: Cleaning up the stock market

Outside it is a bright, warm summer's day and the narrow streets of Prague are thronged with tourists. Inside the faceless municipal building that houses the new Czech Securities Commission (CSC) the light is thick and gloomy and there is an almost unnatural quiet. It may reveal a sense of anticipation. Equally, it could be foreboding.

September 01, 1998

BANKING

Asset Management: It's a question of style

During the crisis in emerging markets, equity fund managers that have invested in Asia, Latin America and eastern Europe are most concerned with their exposures to specific countries. How much do they have in Russia, how much in Indonesia? According to a report by ING Barings, however, those portfolios managers may be asking the wrong questions. They should be analyzing how much they have in value stocks, how much in growth.

September 01, 1998

BANKING

Euro Settlements: Prepare for an out-trade bonanza

The price of failure is not something that traders like to contemplate, no matter how used to it they have become during the summer financial market crisis. But in the first weeks of 1999, they may be forced to confront failure on an unprecedented scale; the introduction of the euro could make it inevitable.

September 01, 1998

BANKING

Czechs go electronic

George Jedlicka, managing director and chairman of Expandia Finance finds it hard to call Tomas Pardubicky, his colleague, Mr Pardubicky, as formality demands. It's understandable: Pardubicky is a fresh-faced 23-year-old who has been at Expandia just a year and confesses that he is still finishing a university degree. With a laugh, Jedlicka gives up, and reverts to the more familiar Tomas.

September 01, 1998

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