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Emerging Markets : Roth brings down franc

Jean-Pierre Roth, the low-key chairman of the Swiss National Bank, is not the type of person you would expect to shock the financial world. But that is exactly what he did on March 12 when he confirmed that the bank ...

Country Report

Features : Survival Instinct

CYPRUS Cyprus’ leaders are tackling head on the challenge of maintaining economic growth during the current global downturn. Nicosia, Cyprus' capital, is gripping itself for an economic slowdown. Cyprus has experienced more than its fair share of ups ...

Banking

Milestones : British Authorities Set Out To Chart Post-Credit-Crunch Landscape

UNITED KINGDOM Tough talk: FSA chairman Adair Turner Britain’s battered banks—reeling from plunging share prices and ever-worsening subprime losses—face a major overhaul in the way they are regulated. Britain’s unified regulatory body, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), is ...

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Milestones : Corporate Europe Set For Equity Rush

<p>EUROPE Cash is costly for Hammerson, developer of this UK cineplex With headlines dominated by bank bailouts totaling billions of dollars, it’s easy to get blasé about the scale of the challenge facing the global economy. Nevertheless, a ...</p>

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Banking

Features : A Very British Meltdown

A VERY BRITISH MELTDOWN A SYSTEM IN PERIL The swiftness of Britain’s transition from the cutting edge of innovation in banking and finance to representing the epitome of the global crisis has left many heads spinning. But in its dramatic ...

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Newsmakers : British Premier Leads Call For New Financial Order

UNITED KINGDOM Brown: Championing a coordinated global structure for the financial services industry. Prime minister Gordon Brown has been ridiculed in the British press for calling for a new Bretton Woods summit. He has been accused of ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story : Sustainable Progress

<p>LESSONS FROM EUROPE Corporate comprehension of the benefits of going green is far more advanced in Europe than in the US. But America’s businesses could easily catch up. Stark differences: Europe and the US have taken very different ...</p>

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Milestones : Europe’s Ipo Market Slumps

EUROPE Blowout: EDP Renováveis' stock tumbled more than 20% after its IPO With equity capital markets bankers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market focused on massive rights issues to recapitalize their peers in recent months, ...

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Newsmakers : Investment Banks Urged To Simplify Financial Products

UNITED KINGDOM Clark: Silo-based controls are at heart of problem. In light of the record £5.6 million ($10.5 million) fine the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) imposed on the UK operations of Credit Suisse’s investment bank recently, observers ...

Country Report

Features : Seeking An Energy Boost

COUNTRY REPORT / PORTUGAL Increased competition from new entrants to the European Union has dealt a severe blow to Portugal’s economy. Tourism and investment in renewable energy are helping it pick up the slack. Calm before the ...

News

Milestones : Banks Struggle To Raise Cash

EUROPE UBS: Its third cash call, this time to investors, was successful. Almost a year after the US subprime crisis burst onto the wider global stage, Europe’s banks are paying ...