10 April, 2012
Reality bites: the truth about investment banking in Asia
30 April, 2014

Libya And Goldman: The Secret Memo

Euromoney, April 30 2014 There are recruitment ads out at the Libyan Investment Authority. Libya’s sovereign wealth fund, […]
1 April, 2014

SocGen Drawn Into Libya Saga

To see this article as it ran in Euromoney, click here Euromoney, April 1 2014 The Libyan Investment […]
1 April, 2014

First Signs of QInvest’s New Look

Euromoney, April 2014 February’s results announcement gave the first clear view of how QInvest, the Qatar-based investment bank, […]
1 April, 2014

Arab Banking Begins to Bounce Back

Institutional Investor, April 2014 Better times appear to be returning to the Arab banking sector after a period […]
1 April, 2014

Asiamoney Islamic finance awards 2014

Asiamoney, April 2014 Best bank in Asia: CIMB CIMB remains the Islamic bank with the greatest pan-Asean strength, […]
28 March, 2014

Libya plot thickens for Goldman with Palladyne “money-laundering” suit

Euromoney magazine, March 28 2014 Goldman Sachs’ embarrassments in Libya took a new turn on Tuesday when a […]
27 March, 2014

Lift off for John Lefevre, aka @GSElevator

Euromoney magazine, March 27 2014 “Destiny, faith and karma,” wrote John LeFevre recently, “are strippers in Atlanta.” That […]
11 March, 2014

Investing in Iran: Not Such a Far Frontier

Financial Times, March 11 2013 To read this article in the FT, click here Last week this blog […]
7 March, 2014

Investing in Iraq: A Frontier Market Too Far?

Financial Times, March 7 2014 There are frontier investment markets, and then there is Iraq. Bombings and fighting […]
24 February, 2014

Playing emerging markets through western blue chips: HSBC

Forbes.com, February 2014 Investors today face a quandary with emerging markets. Sentiment towards them is bearish, and has been […]
21 February, 2014

As Sanusi Is Suspended, Is Nigeria Still The World’s Market Darling?

Forbes.com, February 21 2014 As Nigeria has shifted from a corruption-addled frontier state to one of the world’s […]
20 February, 2014

China Seeks Seat on Gold Fix Table. What Does it Mean for the Gold Price?

Forbes.com, February 2014 This week reports emerged that South Africa’s Standard Bank was in negotiations to take Deutsche […]