Just as the banking industry’s big names turned their attention towards Guatemala, the credit crisis struck, plunging the country’s modernisation plans into jeopardy. Writer John Rumsey.
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A boom at odds with world gloom
November 3, 2008Panama has been capitalising on its prime location between the Americas to attract foreign companies, and has been ramping up its infrastructure to support growth. So how will it be affected by the global slowdown? Writer John Rumsey.
Getting the house in order
November 3, 2008While the current market turmoil has slowed lending volumes, the industry is still going ahead with tackling the processing inefficiencies of the secondary loan market. Writer Frances Maguire.
The future for foreign exchange
November 3, 2008Having enjoyed a major boom in volumes over the past five years, the FX market needs to address its processing operations and cost model. Tony White, managing director at Wall Street Systems, discusses how these problems can be combatted. Writer Michelle Price.
Small is beautiful
November 3, 2008As the world’s banking behemoths battle it out to grab market share from the growing band of corporate giants in Asia, they could be overlooking the real opportunity on the continent. Writer Charlie Corbett.
Russia hears echoes of LTCM
November 3, 2008Russian financing is one of the many areas in which banks have been left nursing losses. So how were the banks lending and how have they withstood the recent equity market rout? Writer Natasha de Terán.
Market down but not out for the count
November 3, 2008The success of the commodities financing and investment markets have suffered setbacks as a result of the current global crisis. However, a panel of experts drawn together by The Banker believe demand is unlikely to diminish in the long term and that markets will emerge stronger – if politicians continue to back free trade.
Strengthening the market’s backbone
November 3, 2008In October, the World Bank responded to market tensions by proving that highly creditworthy longer-tenor funding was possible with its five-year global bond. Writer Edward Russell-Walling.
Reasons to be cheerful
November 3, 2008The sale of British Energy, once part-nationalised as it was considered too important to fail, should pay dividends for the British government. NM Rothschild, the team which advised on the deal, explains how it pulled off such a coup. Writer Edward Russell-Walling.
Competition for syndicated loans
November 3, 2008As the traditional giants of syndicated loans industry step back to lick their subprime wounds, a new breed of lender is emerging. Banks from across the emerging markets that were historically recipients of syndicated loans are hoping to snap up business that was formerly the domain of the big international players. Writer Charlie Corbett.