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.

The newly rebranded Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange is branching into listing exchange-traded funds in a bid to increase its market stronghold, writes Lucia Dore.

Abu Dhabi aims to broaden out its sources of revenue with its 2030 vision, and investment in its projects is driving demand for bank financing. Lucia Dore reports.

Even Qatar’s robust project finance market has been affected by the global liquidity crunch but the market remains strong, write Kevin Godier and Jon Marks.