A healthy appetite in Canada

Stability and access to a wealth of natural resources makes Canada attractive for investors. Geraldine Lambe reports on the resulting buoyant activity in the country’s capital markets.

India: committed approach

India presents similar political fragmentation. Local authorities are in charge of developing much of the local infrastructure and need external funds; and the central government has the buying power but not the implementation capability.

The true story of numbers at HSBC

On the back of a series of negative press and analyst comments, The Banker catches up with Douglas Flint, group finance director of HSBC, to hear the bank’s explanation.