Nick Ferguson

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Co-deputy Editor, FinanceAsia

Nick Ferguson is the co-deputy editor of FinanceAsia and covers structured products and derivatives, as well as market developments in the Philippines and Thailand. During his almost 15 years' experience as a journalist, he has written for several leading financial publications in London and Hong Kong. He has also worked for US law firm White & Case. Nick has a degree in politics from the University of Hull.



Recent articles by Nick Ferguson

Debt
Loan Week, February 3-9
A roundup of the latest syndicated loan market news.
10 February 2012
Macro & Markets
Criticism of private equity "ridiculous", say practitioners
Asian private equity specialists defend their profession as Mitt Romney's presidential ambitions draw unwanted attention to the industry.
8 February 2012
People Moves
Noble Group hires ex-Goldman banker Alireza as CEO
The Singapore-listed commodities trading house confirms the appointment of Yusuf Alireza as chief executive.
8 February 2012
Polls
FA poll: Dragon year bodes well for China
Dragon years are often tumultuous, according to the Chinese zodiac, but FinanceAsia readers are confident that 2012 will buck the trend.
7 February 2012
Corporate
Sino-Forest lurches on after fraud inquiry hits wall
The independent committee looking into fraud allegations at Sino-Forest has reached the point of "diminishing returns" and has concluded its investigation.
2 February 2012
People Moves
J.P. Morgan promotes Thakur to fixed income head for emerging Asia
Tarun Mahrotri's departure from J.P. Morgan leaves James Kenny in sole charge of global emerging markets, while Pranav Thakur takes over fixed income for emerging Asia.
1 February 2012
View Point
RBS’s bonus dilemma
The bank's decision to scale back in investment banking has left some wondering why senior RBS executives, including the head of IB, are still getting paid bonuses.
30 January 2012
M&A
HSBC sells Thai retail business to Bank of Ayudhya
Bank of Ayudhya agrees to pay $112 million for HSBC’s Thai retail banking business.
27 January 2012
M&A
Khazanah agrees to sell Proton stake to DRB-Hicom
DRB-Hicom is set to pay Khazanah $414 million for Malaysia’s leading carmaker.
17 January 2012
Polls
FA poll: Asia growth will disappoint in 2012
Our readers are not sure how 2012 will pan out, but a slim majority expect to be disappointed.
17 January 2012
Polls
Polls in 2011: How did you do?
We review the accuracy of some of our favourite polls from 2011, including predictions about economic growth, prospects for the year of the rabbit and DSK's successor.
10 January 2012
M&A
Sinopec agrees $2.5 billion oil shale deal
Sinopec will pay a total consideration of up to $2.5 billion to Devon Energy for a stake in five oil shale projects in the US.
4 January 2012
Polls
Tackling online piracy
We asked readers in our latest online web poll about ways to combat online piracy — and most agreed that the entertainment industry needs to be more innovative in how it ...
20 December 2011
Business Moves
King & Wood to create legal alliance with Mallesons
China’s investment into Australia is extending into legal services as the countries’ two biggest law firms agree to join forces.
19 December 2011
M&A
Sinopec and ENN launch hostile bid for China Gas
China Gas, whose chairman is under house arrest in Shenzhen, has become the subject of an unsolicited offer from ENN and Sinopec.
14 December 2011
Magazine Highlights
Reel Lessons: Margin Call
The kids occupying Wall Street don’t understand how bad the crisis was for bankers. At last, a movie puts the record straight.
8 December 2011
Editor's Desk
McDonald's to open in Myanmar?
Not yet. But we asked readers in our web poll last week to guess which of Asia's rogue states, Myanmar or North Korea, would be first to open a branch of the global burger chain.
6 December 2011
Polls
Ailing developers threaten China's economic outlook
Low demand and rising inventories are threatening China’s property developers with bankruptcy, which raises ugly questions for their lenders — and for our readers ...
29 November 2011
Editor's Desk
Our growing online audience
The launch earlier this year of FinanceAsia's iPad app and mobile website has helped to grow our online audience.
23 November 2011
Polls
Is Asia's financial industry rife with psychopaths?
A recent study showed that one out of every 25 executives may be a psychopath, so we asked readers last week to share their feelings about their own bosses.
22 November 2011
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With Valentine's Day approaching, who would make the best match for Olympus?
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  15%
 
Panasonic
  19%
 
Fujifilm
  26%
 
Samsung
  17%
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