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Country Report

Country Report: Lebanon

AGAINST ALL ODDS By Justin Keay Mid-20th-century tourists flocked to Lebanon, the Switzerland of the East. War and instability long ago changed that. Now, with the Syrian conflict spilling over its borders, the country faces yet another round ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover: The Relevance Of Stock Exchanges

IDENTITY CRISIS By Udayan Gupta As stock exchanges worldwide try to figure out their role going forward in corporate equity and equity capital raising, companies are starting to question whether there is still value in a public listing. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Debt: Central Banks Aid Corporate Rally

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Corporate debt issuance soared and yields on high-yield as well as investment-grade bonds fell to record lows in September after the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal Reserve ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: Russia, Mexico Depositary Receipts

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, raised $5 billion in a secondary share sale in London and Moscow in September that had been delayed for more than a year because of unfavorable ...

Banking

Editor’s Letter: Forecasts May Be Down,But Hope Is Rising

The annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Tokyo in October confirmed that the economic slowdown of Europe, and to a lesser extent of Japan and the US, has negatively affected emerging markets growth...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: China

NO-SHOW AT IMF By Thomas Clouse China’s once-a-decade leadership transition will begin on November 8 at the Communist Party’s 18th Congress. Chinese banks skipped the World Bank/IMF meetings in Tokyo last month amid a territorial dispute with Japan, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: FX Market Overview

FX EXCELS WHILE OTHER ASSETS FALTER By Gordon Platt The FX markets are evolving: Trade and currency internationalization, and the shift toward exchanges, will further this process. Foreign exchange has proven itself as a separate asset class ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Introduction: Uncertainty Reigns

UNCERTAINTY REIGNS The foreign exchange market is going through a period of significant change on multiple fronts. New regulations introduced in the wake of the financial crisis will redefine users of foreign exchange services and divide the market into ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

News & Features Archive

Country Report: Lebanon

Cover: The Relevance Of Stock Exchanges

Debt: Central Banks Aid Corporate Rally

DRs: Russia, Mexico Depositary Receipts

Editor’s Letter: Forecasts May Be Down,But Hope Is Rising

Emerging Markets Roundup: China

FX Supplement: FX Market Overview

FX Supplement: Introduction: Uncertainty Reigns

FX Supplement: The Euro Belies the Pessimists

FX Supplement: The Renminbi As A Reserve Currency

FX Supplement: Who’s Who In Foreign Exchange

FX Supplement: Winners’ Circle: Foreign Exchange