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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones: Vodafone-India Dispute Casts Doubt On Tax Havens Future

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Ronald Fink Cross-border dealmakers are anxiously awaiting the outcome of a long-running tax battle between UK telecom giant Vodafone and the Indian government. Photo Credits: VODAFONE: CLIVE CHILVERS / Shutterstock.com The dispute dates back to ...

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Newsmakers: Dell Refocuses After Losing Its Tech-Innovator Luster

NEWSMAKERS: US By Udayan Gupta For Michael Dell, the University of Texas dropout who created one of the most successful PC businesses in the world, the past few months have brought high drama. Michael Dell: Caught in ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Newsmakers: Economic Reformer Tackles Domestic Pressures

NEWSMAKERS: CHINA By Luca Ventura As China’s economy faces its slowest growth in more than a decade, the focus turns to the new Finance minister, Lou Jiwei. Lou, 63, has arguably the highest international profile among prime minister ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers: Former Chilean President Seeks Office Again

NEWSMAKERS: CHILE By Forrest Jones Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet wants her old job back. A single mother and the leader of the center-left Concertación coalition, she announced in March that she plans to run for president this November. ...

Banking

Newsmakers: Martowardojo Gets Lucky Second Time Round

NEWSMAKERS: INDONESIA By Valentina Pasquali With just over a year to go before the 2014 elections and in a move that caught many observers by surprise, Indonesia’s president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has appointed current Finance minister Agus Martowardojo as ...

Banking

Report: Central & Eastern Europe

CHANGE IS AFOOT By Paul Mackintosh Central & Eastern European countries are trying hard to differentiate themselves from their southwestern neighbors. Corporates in the region are dealing with a new playing field as many assets once owned by ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Risk Management: Trade Credit Insurance

PROTECTING THE BALANCE SHEET By Paula Green Companies using trade credit insurance to secure their bottom lines are finding a marketplace with ample capacity, expanding terms—and even new players. Photo Credits: IGOR PLOTNIKOV / Shutterstock.com Trade credit ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

THE OIL AND GAS WINDFALL

East Africa is a hotbed of new oil and natural gas finds. Most countries are taking a slow and measured approach to developing their resource boon, but will they avoid the resource curse that plagued many early-developers?

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World’s Best Banks 2013: Africa

By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt MOBILE BANKING STIMULATES ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AFRICA Africa is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world for mobile payments. Money transfers using mobile phones will exceed $200 billion in ...

Banking

World’s Best Banks 2013: Asia

By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt REGIONAL ECONOMY ON SOLID GROWTH PATH Asia’s regional economy continues to grow steadily, despite the tepid recovery in the United States and sovereign debt issues in Europe. The region’s ...

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World’s Best Banks 2013: Europe

By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt TOUGH TIMES CONTINUE IN EUROPE Europe remains mired in recession. Apart from Germany and the Nordics, major European economies are either flatlining or, as among the southern peripherals, contracting ...

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World’s Best Banks 2013: Latin America

By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt LOCAL BANKS INCREASE MARKET SHARE While European banks have dominated Latin America’s banking sector for more than a decade, their stronghold has recently weakened. Some have sold local assets ...