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Chief operating officers are often the unsung executives at banks, but they translate vision into action, identify obstacles and overcome them.
By Rupert Walker
7 June 2013
A regulation prohibiting the issuance of non-capital-raising depositary receipts means India is missing out on potential foreign equity investments.
By Anette Jönsson
6 June 2013
European corporate issuers have found themselves dragged into the euro crisis by dint of geographic association. But are they now looking to tap Asian local currency markets to diversify funding sources and please the rating agencies?
By Nick Lord
9 May 2013
India's largest company is embarking on its biggest spend ever — but investors wonder if its bets will pay off.
By Denise Wee | 25 April 2013
We talk to Choi Sung-hwan, CFO of Export-Import Bank of Korea, the gatekeeper for one of Asia's biggest borrowing programmes.
By Denise Wee | 3 April 2013
Unison Capital’s acquisition of Nexcon Technology last year avoided controversy by stressing cooperation and staying below the radar. Could it change Korean perceptions ...
By Rupert Walker | 27 March 2013
We speak to Western Asset Management’s regional investment head about the Great Rotation and the need for price discipline in new bond issues.
By Denise Wee | 20 March 2013
The Philippine Stock Exchange has suspended trading in seven companies that had failed to meet the minimum public ownership requirement, putting a damper on one of the ...
By Aiko Hayashi | 26 February 2013
Chinese property developers have descended on the dollar bond market like panhandlers in a gold rush. How long will investors accept structures that might come back to haunt them?
By Denise Wee | 20 February 2013
The co-head of CVC Capital Partners’ Asian business discusses the private equity firm’s investment strategy.
By Rupert Walker | 18 February 2013
An adaptation of Yann Martel’s Booker prize-winning novel.
By Nick Ferguson | 5 February 2013
Bangladesh has a vibrant and youthful economy, but needs to attract foreign investment.
By Rupert Walker | 31 January 2013
The manager of Polar Capital’s Asian financials fund talks about the North-South divide, the withdrawal of European competition and problems becoming superregional.
By Nick Lord | 9 January 2013
Credit Suisse’s chief investment officer for asset management and private banking and co-head of the portfolio management business talks about asset allocation and ...
By Aiko Hayashi | 19 December 2012
Choi Bong-sik, executive vice-president of Korea Finance Corporation, the country’s youngest policy-bank, discusses the activities of KoFC and its importance to Korea̵...
By Rupert Walker | 27 November 2012