Malaysia is ramping up its capital markets

Regulation and risk environment key to Malaysia's growth

June 1, 2011

Malaysia has ambitious plans to reposition itself as an international finance centre, but, growth must occur in a well-regulated environment with minimal risks.

Copper as a collateral

China's rising taste for copper as collateral

June 1, 2011

Copper’s role as an indicator of the pace of China’s industrialisation. But how worried should the market be about the build up of copper stocks in China’s bonded warehouses? 

Japan's nuclear energy

The wider impact of Japan's nuclear crisis

June 1, 2011

The earthquake in Japan in March inevitably forced short-term changes in the country’s energy consumption, but the long-term implications for energy and other commodities are far-reaching. 

Protests about nuclear power

The nuclear policy debate after Fukushima

June 1, 2011

The accident at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and tsunami has led many countries to slow down or cease their nuclear energy programmes.

Kuroda Haruhiko

ADB meeting sees calls for financial innovation and the embracing of PPPs

June 1, 2011

Asian Development Bank president Kuroda Haruhiko's calls for sound financial systems to channel Asia's savings into its own development process.

EFSF Treaty

European issuers look to Asia to boost deal demand

May 4, 2011

European sovereigns, supranationals and agencies supply is running at high levels, and with the market environment far from ideal, issuers are having to broaden their investor base. Placement with Asian accounts is critical to the success of many deals.

Kairat Kelimbetov

Kazakhstan privatisation drive set to kick-start local capital markets

May 4, 2011

A promotion for the former head of Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund suggests there is momentum behind ambitious privatisation plans in the country that could transform the local capital markets. 

Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus dominate CIS banking landscape

May 4, 2011

In the past decade, foreign investment and natural resources wealth have transformed the banking landscape in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The Banker's latest ranking for the region shows which countries have benefited the most from this change.

Central banks feel the squeeze

March 23, 2011

Central banks are looking for reasons not to hike interest rates. It is a gamble that may not pay off.

Woori bank

Mutual saving bank problems hit South Korea's finance sector

March 23, 2011

While South Korea's commercial banks have just enjoyed a record year for earnings, any joy within the country's banking sector has been quelled by problems within its debt-saddled mutual savings banks.

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