Deutsche Bank has proven that if the structure is right, large-scale privatisations and emerging markets are still attractive. The emerging markets ECM team that drove through Türk Telecom’s deal in Turkey’s first IPO of the year talks to Edward Russell-Walling.

Credit woes have spread into the mid-market, drying up many areas of activity. But for those banks in the right products and geographies, there is still business to be done. And for those with cash, it’s a good time to build, writes Geraldine Lambe.

No stranger to the banking world, Archibald Cox has been inspired to return to the sector as chairman of Barclays Americas. He tells Katherine Tully of his intent to expand the bank’s share of the market and build its position in the US as an international platform.

Central banks should be facing up to the realignment of the banking system that their own emergency actions are causing, says Mohamed El-Erian.

Private equity firm TPG has used its negotiating prowess to acquire cut-price shares from WaMu and B&B – in return for much-needed rescue capital.

The global financial landscape is changing, reflected in US and European dominance of the Top 1000 banks beginning to wane.

No longer lurching from crisis to crisis, the major Latin American economies have won credibility. For equity derivatives bankers, that means business, writes Natasha de Terán.

The credit crunch is affecting every segment of the financial markets, including equity derivatives. Interpreting the repercussions, however, is no easy task.

Natasha de Terán investigates how structured product providers have responded to the changes in equity derivatives market conditions and investor sentiment by rolling out a new breed of product.

Pension funds, which are traditionally conservative investors, are reconsidering equity derivatives, as more volatile stock markets threaten their returns on cash equities.