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Middle East 2013: UAE: Visions Of Splendor

VISIONS OF SPLENDOR By Gordon Platt Investor confidence has returned to the UAE, with the former debt-laden emirate of Dubai once again planning major infrastructure projects. Even a new financial center is planned for construction. Dubai continues ...

Banking

Milestones: Italy Coughs And The Rest Of Europe Sneezes

MILESTONES: ITALY By Valentina Pasquali The general elections held in Italy in February yielded a hung parliament, marked the phenomenal rise of the little-understood protest movement of former comedian Beppe Grillo, and unexpectedly revived the flagging political career of former ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones: ORIX Paves The Way For More Asia-Europe Deals

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Gilly Wright Japanese financial group ORIX’s acquisition of a 90.1% share of Dutch asset management company Robeco from Rabobank for $2.6 billion is both the largest Japanese outbound deal so far this year and a reflection of ...

Banking

Milestones: Shareholder Say On Pay Takes Form

MILESTONES: EUROPE By Anita Hawser Billed as a major blow to the UK’s status as a global financial services hub, the European Parliament and council sent a clear message in February about bank bonuses, reaching an agreement that bankers’ bonuses ...

Banking

Milestones: Supreme Court Caps Time For SEC To Pursue Civil Penalties

MILESTONES: US By Forrest Jones Should the US Securities and Exchange Commission want to slap civil penalties on anyone involved in any improprieties, it had better get cracking sooner rather than later. SEC told to speed up claims against ...

News

Newsmakers: Groupon: A New Stress Test For High-Techs?

NEWSMAKERS: US By Udayan Gupta Technology companies lead a charmed life. Flawed business strategy, poor execution, inexperienced management...some technology companies seem to shrug them off and continue. The master of spin: Groupon's founder, Andrew Mason But the February ...

Banking

Newsmakers: Kuroda Aims To Rewrite BoJ History

NEWSMAKERS: JAPAN By Valentina Pasquali Prime minister Shinz Abe's election victory at the end of 2012 promised to bring sweeping changes to Japan's handling of its lethargic economy, with renewed efforts to spur growth and combat deflation. Kuroda ...

Banking

Newsmakers: Matolcsy Creates Anxiety For Hungarys Central

NEWSMAKERS: HUNGARY By Paul Mackintosh Widespread concerns in Europe over the independence and integrity of Hungary's institutions were rekindled recently by the news that prime minister Viktor Orbán had appointed his right-hand man, György Matolcsy, as the new governor of ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Newsmakers: New President Faces Tough Challenge Managing Debt Woes

NEWSMAKERS: CYPRUS By Justin Keay With Cyprus in the midst of facing down the EU while battling to rescue its biggest banks, and during its worst economic crisis since independence in 1960— unemployment is above15%, and GDP could contract by ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Newsmakers: Peaceful Election Sets Stage For Investment Bonanza

NEWSMAKERS: KENYA By Dan Keeler Kenya appears set to reap a substantial investment dividend in the wake of its largely peaceful presidential election held in early March. Kenyatta beats his rivals Analysts believe that portfolio flows and foreign ...

Awards

Ranking: Safest Banks Midyear Update

SEARCHING FOR SECURITY By Andrew Cunningham Global Finance presents its half-year update to the World’s Safest Banks Ranking. Canadian banks suffer downgrades but remain well represented in global safest rankings. Downgrades by both S&P and Moody’s have ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Regional Report: Asia

A DECOUPLING IN THE WORKS By Udayan Gupta Intraregional investment within Asia is starting to take hold—reducing reliance on demand from developed markets. When Essar Power, a unit of Asian energy giant Essar Energy, raised approximately $900 ...