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A bright future?
Mexico
Promising developments
Historically, cross-border mortgage lending has been a limited market with select players offering piecemeal loans to those looking for holiday homes. Now originators are assessing the potential of so-called emerging mortgage markets, where new ventures…
Investor confidence in renewable energy still strong
Investor confidence in renewable energy companies is still strong despite the credit crunch, according to an online poll conducted by advisory firm Ernst & Young.
Fed expert to speak at OpRisk Asia
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Keydata adds seventh Dynamic Growth plan and more
Keydata Investment Services has unveiled an array of new structured products. Its five-year Dynamic Growth Plan Plus issue seven offers two times any rise in the FTSE 100 index, subject to a maximum investment growth of 90%. Issue eight of the same plan…
Fed proposes unfair practices rules for cards and overdrafts
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Emerging markets
Crude surpasses $123 as Democrats blame speculators
Crude oil closed at a new record high of $123.53 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex).
BIS sets up new Americas council
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Fed ramps up bank support to $75 billion
The US Federal Reserve has increased the scale of its Term Auction Facility (TAF), intended to provide extra liquidity in the securities market, and has relaxed its criteria for collateral in another support, the Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF).
Regulators push for operations changes
The derivatives industry faces regulatory demands to improve operations issues. In recent weeks, both the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) and the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) have pushed dealers to enhance the infrastructure for…
Catching a cold
Liquidity Risk
A man with a mission
The future of Russian energy under president-elect Dmitri Medvedev largely depends upon his ability to navigate the country's Byzantine political climate, writes Robert Amsterdam
Rising suns
Asia's rapidly growing and energy-intensive economies are driving a global nuclear renaissance, writes Lauren Hilgers
Unclear for US nuclear
Uncertainty surrounding the US government's role in project finance for new nuclear generation is threatening to hold back the renaissance. David Watkins reports
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GSEs
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