December

IIF REPORT: CAPITAL FLOWS TO EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES

IIF predicts record investment in emerging markets, while Standard Chartered warns over clashes with sovereign funds.

November

Tables turned as capital flies to ‘safety’ of emerging markets

For now, emerging markets bask in glory as they poach quality moniker from ailing developed markets – but a bubble looms.

October

Northern Rock crisis reveals fissures in oversight structure

The current debacle over Northern Rock is going to lead to a complete rethink on markets and the way they are governed.

September

Damn the purists, greater good demands central bank intrusion

Government intervention may let the financially reckless off the hook but it can also prevent the wider economy from collapsing.

August

Subprime mortgage woes

As major players face rating downgrades, observers wonder if the problems in the credit market will cascade into the equity markets.

July

The miscalculation of posturing over currency misalignment

The US and IMF’s targeting of China’s currency has as much to do with playing to the political gallery as it does with economics.

June

America’s attack-dog foreign policy thrown to the wolves

Much work is required for the US to regain a position of moral authority required to take on new challenges around the world.

May

Bank consortium joins forces to share the spoils of M&A market

The three-way bid by RBS, Fortis and Santander for ABN AMRO is the prototype for a new model of mergers and acquisitions deal.

April

An end to old certainties

Globalisation is throwing up new consumer potential in the emerging world and shattering old theories of economic management. Banks failing to track this fast-moving target will be consigned to history.

March

Application of Equator Principles lands adherents in hot water

The establishment of a set of voluntary guidelines for project finance has handed pressure groups a stick with which to beat banks.

February

Cries of impending catastrophe at HSBC are overblown

The UK bank’s US exposure should only be a short-term liability and shareholders will again benefit once the economy rebounds.

January

Liberalisation is not a free ride into China

Despite China opening up banking to foreigners, incomers will face difficult challenges to make an impact on such a gargantuan market.


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