Karina Robinson talks to Fred Goodwin, group chief executive, Royal Bank of Scotland.

Karina Robinson talks to the FSA’s Sir Howard Davies.

Guillermo Ortiz looks thoroughly at home in his opulent offices at the Central Bank of Mexico. But, as he points out, in the early 1980s he was already ensconced in the Bank’s economic research bureau.

Emilio Botín, co-chairman of Banco Santander Central Hispano explains how mergers can help achieve shareholder value.

The success of Metsä-Serla's euro-denominated Eurobond issue reveals a healthy appetite for credit products and a willingness to look to the emerging euro market.