April-May 2013

Bond markets: Long live local currencies

Bond markets: Long live local currencies

Investors are being offered more frequent opportunities to back bonds in roubles, lira, naira and other emerging-market currencies. But building these markets takes time and effort from many parties. Tim Burke reports.

Deal news round-up

Deal news round-up

Credit Suisse's Phil Cutts discusses the bank's takeover of Morgan Stanley's EMEA wealth management business; plus news of other regional deal-making. 

Poland's unexpected slowdown

Poland's unexpected slowdown

While most of Europe ground to a halt, Poland had years of consistently speedy economic expansion. As growth slows, Rod James analyses what Polish banks can do to get things moving again.