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World’s Best Islamic Financial Institutions 2013
Global FinanceNames the World’s Best Islamic Financial Institutions 2013 NEW YORK, April 19, 2013–Global Financemagazine has announced its sixth annual...
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“Salon: Joshua Shapiro, MFR Inc “
TOUGH TIMES TO COME By Kathryn Tully Global Finance sat down with with Joshua Shapiro, chief US economist for consultancy MFR, to discuss the US economy, the fiscal “cliff” and structural problems still facing the country. Global ...
Award Winners
Awards: Trade Finance
EMBRACING THE MODERN ERA By Gordon Platt Global Finance presents the winners of its annual trade finance providers awards, incorporating the results of our first-ever trade finance readers’ survey. The ancient business of financing trade is now ...
News
Back Page: Polls And Stat – Checking The Pulse Of Sovereign Risk
Checking The Pulse Of Sovereign Risk BlackRock’s BSRI risk ranking provides a framework for tracking sovereign credit risk. In the last quarter, perceived risk worsened for Japan and South Africa, improved for China, Australia and New Zealand and remained the ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Cards And The Supply Chain
A HOUSE OF CARDS By Karen Kroll Companies are consolidating purchasing and expense card programs and are starting to extend programs globally. But gaining supplier acceptance still remains challenging. As companies’ supply chains become increasingly multinational, a ...
Banking
Country Report: Saudi Arabia
RESISTANT TO CHANGE By Gordon Platt Saudi Arabia is working hard—and spending heavily—to diversify its economy and create jobs for its expanding population through a broad-ranging series of reforms. But these reforms are ruffling feathers in some quarters. ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cover: The Maze Of Global M&A
THE MAZE OF GLOBAL M&A By Udayan Gupta Cross-border M&A is once again on the rise. But completing a successful deal is increasingly complex and fraught with political, and other, risks. At first glace, it seemed like ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Debt: Companies Rush To Issue Bonds
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Those investors reaching for higher yields in a low-interest-rate environment propelled bond markets around the world to new highs in 2012, but analysts don’t expect the party to continue forever. ...
Editor's Letter
Editor’s Letter: Fewer Clouds, Fiercer Headwinds
There is little enthusiasm these days when it comes to economic forecasting...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equity Derivatives
FLYING BLIND By Anita Hawser Despite new entrants joining the market, the equity derivatives business saw a marked slowdown over the past year, and some well-established firms are now scaling back their operations. After the global financial ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equity: Global IPO Market Shrinks
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY / DRS By Gordon Platt Global initial public offerings declined 29% in 2012 to $117 billion, reflecting steep declines in IPO issuance in Hong Kong and China, according to Thomson Reuters. On ...