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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: Huge Pipeline For Asian IPOs

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY / DRS By Gordon Platt The Asian markets accounted for 76% of global funds raised in initial public offerings in the third quarter of 2012, and there are more than 200 Asian companies in ...

Editor's Letter

Editor’s Letter: As The Mists Burn Off

Now that the US has voted to grant a second term to its president, Barack Obama, and the Chinese ruling party has selected Xi Jinping as its new leader and future president, one big layer of uncertainty has faded from the international scene...

Award Winners

EM Safest Banks: Safest Banks By Region

HOW WE MEASURE THE SAFETY OF BANKS By Andrew Cunningham The safest banks chart compares the ratings for the world’s largest 500 banks, based on asset size. Long-term foreign currency ratings issued by Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor’s and ...

Banking

Emerging Markets Review: Asia Battles Global Monetary Intervention

A BATTLE, NOT A WAR By Arthur Clennam and Al Emid Asian central banks’ reactions to global monetary intervention will be muted. But weakening currencies are problematic for local business. As in physical conflict, no two wars ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Review: Fast-Growing Economies Drive African Growth

A RACE TO THE FINISH By Jonathan Gregson With several of the world’s fastest-growing economies to be found in sub-Saharan Africa, investors are keen. They are now looking beyond the commodities sector, and China continues to lead the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Review: Feeding Growth

NOURISHING GROWTH By Laurence Neville Despite slowing growth in the BRIC countries, emerging markets generally continue their ascent. Although they have made fewer headlines than usual over the past year, developing countries have experienced some pivotal, uplifting moments—both ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Emerging Markets Review: Middle East Oil Glut

OIL GLUT By Gordon Platt High oil prices have enabled the Middle East’s major oil producers to finance infrastructure investments despite the global slowdown. But the jig might soon be up. With its massive inflow of oil-export ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Review: Policy Change Needed In Central & Eastern Europe

SEEKING THE BRIGHT SIDE By Justin Keay Little of the news coming out of Central and Eastern Europe right now is upbeat, but concerted policy efforts by regional governments could garner some economic reward in 2013. These ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Review: Sustainable Growth In Latin America

SUSTAINING MOMENTUM By Antonio Guerrero Prolonged Western concerns and slowing in China are beginning to affect the region’s outlook. It will be up to Latin America’s largest economies to keep the impetus alive. According to the IMF’s ...

Award Winners

Emerging Markets’ Biggest Banks

EMERGING GIANTS By Andrew Cunningham Global Finance presents its annual listing of the Biggest Banks in the Emerging Markets. Eight of the 10 biggest emerging markets banks are Chinese, and a further 10 Chinese banks are included ...

Award Winners

Emerging Markets’ Safest Banks

CONTINENTAL EROSION By Andrew Cunningham Global Finance presents its annual ranking of the Top 50 Safest Banks in the Emerging Markets. Banks in the Arabian Gulf and Asia have strengthened their hold on the rankings of safest banks ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Ford Grooms CEO Successor

NEWSMAKERS: US By Valentina Pasquali Ford Motor Company recently unveiled a two-year succession plan geared toward a full management reshuffle by 2014. The centerpiece of this arrangement was the appointment of Mark Fields as chief operating officer, effective from ...