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World’s Best Consumer Internet Banks in North America 2013
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Awards: Best Supply Chain Finance 2013
<p>UNLOCKING HIDDEN POTENTIAL By Anita Hawser and Paula L. Green Global Finance presents the winners of its annual awards for the Best Supply Chain Finance Providers globally and by region. Five years have passed since the global financial ...</p>
Award Winners
Awards: World’s Best Subcustodians 2013
<p>SAFETY FIRST By Gordon Platt Safeguarding client assets has never been more important in this era of global economic uncertainty —and even subcustodians are finding themselves increasingly in the spotlight as a result of sovereign and commercial pressures. ...</p>
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Back Page: Polls and Stats – The Impact Of Rising Prosperity On Economic Growth
The Impact Of Rising Prosperity On Economic Growth Growth in the world’s economy is moving large numbers of people out of poverty, and if the trend continues, the shift will be dramatic in many countries by the end of ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Country Report: Nigeria
THE RIGHT ROUTE FOR GROWTH By Antionio Guerrero Nigeria has averaged 7% growth over the past decade. But effectively managing its continued expansion is proving problematic. Infrastructure investment is a key challenge. The Nigeria stock exchange building in ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Country Report: Portugal
MODEL FOR GROWTH? By Vanessa Drucker The Troika’s “darling of reform” is in its third year of recession. Citizens—and policy-makers—want to see the promised economic rebound. Portugal and the European Union depend on one another. On the one ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cover: Three Scenarios for Brazil
SUNSET, OR A NEW SUNRISE? By Michael Shari Brazil faces a monumental challenge in meeting the expectations of its citizens,...
Banking
Debt: 32-Year-Old Bond Rally Falters
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT ByGordon Platt US interest rates have been in a general declining trend since 1981, when...
Banking
Editor’s Letter: Tapering Expectations
The quantitative easing launched in recent years by the central banks of the United States, the eurozone and Japan is entering a new phase...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets Roundup: Brazil
BRAZILIAN PORTS OPEN TO PRIVATE INVESTORS By Antonio Guerrero The Dilma Rousseff administration signed into law new regulations that open the country’s ports to greater private-sector investments. Approved in June, the policies are expected to help attract ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets Roundup: China
CHINESE SOLAR-PANEL MAKERS FACE TRADE TARIFFS IN EUROPE By Thomas Clouse Chinese companies face trade friction in Europe now that the European Commission has imposed tariffs on Chinese solar panels. The EU charges that Chinese companies are ...
Banking
Equity: Companies Raise More DR Capital
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt The pace of capital raising using depositary receipts has accelerated sharply from last year, and the pipeline of future issues is strong, DR bankers say. Much of the recent activity ...