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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets Roundup: Africa
CHEVRON BOOSTS ITS INVEST-MENT IN AFRICAN BLACK GOLD By Antonio Guerrero Global oil group Chevron approved a $5.6 billion development project in Angola. The Mafumeira Sul offshore oil field will be its second-largest African investment, after the Agbami ...
Banking
Emerging Markets Roundup: Brazil
BANKS PITCH IN TO HELP BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH By Antonio Guerrero Brazilian private-sector banks pledge to increase lending this year, according to Finance minister Guido Mantega. Following a meeting with bankers in February, the minister said banks ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Emerging Markets Roundup: China
WAGE GAP CLOSES AS GOVERNMENT EMBARKS ON SOCIAL REFORMS By Thomas Clouse China announced plans last month to reduce its wealth distribution gap through a series of measures—such as raising minimum wages, loosening lending and deposit rates and increasing ...
Banking
Emerging Markets Roundup: India
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA PUSHES FOR GROWTH WITH RATE CUT By Aaron Chaze The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut interest rates for the first time in nine months on January 30, reducing the repo rate by 25 basis ...
Banking
Emerging Markets Roundup: Middle East
DUBAI SEEKS ROLE AS CAPITAL OF ISLAMIC ECONOMY By Gordon Platt Dubai plans to become the capital of the Islamic economy by setting global standards. In addition to promoting Islamic finance and insurance, the emirate wants to arbitrate ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets Roundup: Russia
GAZPROM DOUBLES PROFITS AS IT PREPARES FOR “EFFICIENCY” AUDIT By Kim Iskyan Gas giant Gazprom reported that net profit doubled in the third quarter of 2012, thanks to forex gains. The results came just days after the ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equity: BRICs To Lead DRs In 2013
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Companies based in emerging markets will continue to rely on depositary receipts as an important means of financing their growth in 2013, taking advantage of continued global investor interest in the ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Frontier Markets Report: Bangladesh
PRIME PROSPECT By Dan Keeler Companies that ignore Bangladesh may be missing a key investment opportunity. Photo Credits: FRITZ16 / Shutterstock.com Often portrayed in the media as a basket case that lurches from one natural disaster to ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX: Economic Woes To Constrain Euro
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The euro was the star of the major currencies in January, as...
Banking
Global Salon: Karen Elliott House
CONFLUENCE OF RISK By Vanessa Drucker In this months Salon, Global Finance sat down with Karen Elliott House, Pulitzer Prizewinning...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A: Energy, Resources Deals Heat Up
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Pipeline deals, shale-energy plays and natural resources transactions—often involving Asian buyers—provided an energetic start to mergers and acquisitions in 2013. The overall January deal totals for the Americas ...