Moving fast, staying safe: risk and regulation

• Banks nervously await outlook of new financial landscape
• Will national regimes derail global recovery and resolution?
• Creating a new risk culture
• Banks face big adjustments on capital and liquidity
• Adapting the securities value chain

Vickers Report: Beyond the ring-fence

• Vickers reforms force radical overhaul of UK banking
• Early planners will reap ICB reform rewards
• Vickers report leaves investment banking shrouded in uncertainty
• Vickers gives bank treasurers a splitting headache
• A four-pronged strategy for ring-fencing implementation
• Ring-fencing need not hem banks in

Top 500 Islamic Financial Institutions

• Islamic finance roars again
• Best prospects for Islamic finance outside core markets
• Sukuk appeal set to spread
• Islamic finance's full potential still to be unlocked
• AAOIFI to look to develop Islamic finance standards
• Islamic finance's growth story is only just beginning
• The new value proposition for Islamic finance

Ranking Financial Centres: The Banker's latest survey

• Little change in IFC world order. For now...
• New York and London hold firm as world's top IFCs
• Will regulation redraw the international financial centre map?
• Technology deficiencies hold back emerging economies
• Latin American IFCs take advantage of global economic stagnation
• Is Hong Kong and China's ECM dominance here to stay?
• Asset managers look to Asia as West still stalls
• Emerging markets key to asset management
• Middle East IFC crown still up for grabs

Ghana: Africa's rising star

In association with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana

• Ghana vows to avoid oil curse  
• Ghana's finance minister focuses on maintaining momentum
• Takeovers loom as Ghanaian banks reach inflection point
• Ghana keen to diversify while the going's good

Navigating a new landscape: Derivatives structuring

In association with Société Générale

• New regulations see insurers and banks link up over liquidity
• Structured products move one step closer to harmonisation
• Investors warm to bankers' new volatility products
• Europe draws on Japanese variable annuity experience
• Investors get tactical on emerging markets

Angola's bright lights

In association with Standard Bank, BFA, Caixa Totta, BAI

• Angola vows to make good use of its oil revenues
• Private sector key to protecting Angola from shifts in commodity prices
• Portugese incumbents face competition for slice of growing Angolan wealth
• Angola's booming economy bodes well for Eurobond
• Investors overcome Angola's bureaucracy
• Exploitation of ultra-deep water blocks set to multiply Angola's oil wealth

Saudi Arabia: Growth story with challenges

In association with NCB

• Saudi Arabia steps up its growth strategy
• Saudi Arabian central bank seeks to meet sukuk challenge
• Saudi banks view future with a mixture of caution and optimism

Finance clusters in Malta

In association with FinanceMalta

• Malta: a small island making a big impact
• Maltese prime minister on the benefits of the euro
• Malta extends its banking reach
• Finance minister: Malta will maintain its momentum
• Malta's regulatory regime is firm but flexible
• Malta's central bank plans for healthy future

Kuwait recovery gathers pace

In association with National Bank of Kuwait

• Kuwait: A calm presence in an unsettled world
• Kuwait development plan points to bright future
• Mixed results for Kuwaiti banks
• Central Bank of Kuwait's precaution pays off
• The race to fill The Middle East's pension gap
• Kuwait Investment Authority moves to active investment
• Kuwait's energy sector faces political stalemate

Top 500 Islamic financial institutions

In association with HSBC Amanah

• Top 500 Islamic Financial Institutions
• Opportunities in a sea of caution
• Safe and sound: what the future holds
• Malaysia shows the way forward
• Strong growth set to continue
• A tale of two centres
• New entrants chart their own course
• Islamic investment banks face new risks
• Focus of growth shifts to Asia
• Islamic finance spreads its wings