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Project & Infrastructure Finance Awards 2012
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WORLD’S BEST SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE PROVIDERS 2012
Global Finance names the World’s Best Supply Chain Finance Providers 2012 NEW YORK, May 18, 2012 Global Finance magazine has...
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World’s Best Banks 2012: Africa
By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt AFRICA Not only is Africa rich in natural resources, but it also offers the promise of fast economic growth in a number of countries, and a population lacking basic banking services. ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Africa’s Rising Consumer Class
LAND OF OPPORTUNITY By Antonio Guerrero A number of African markets may be on the verge of massive growth—fueled by a rising consumer class. Given the long-standing reputation for political and economic volatility in some African markets, ...
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Awards: World’s Best Banks 2012
SEEKING STABILITY By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt Global Finance presents its 19th annual awards for the best banks in the developed and emerging markets. The global financial system is out of the recovery room ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cash Management: Supply Chain Finance
THE NEW SILK ROAD By Anita Hawser Supply chain finance is becoming a critical tool in funding fast-growing Southern corridor trade. The ancient Silk Road, one of the world’s oldest trade routes, increased the importance of Southern ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CEE: Liberal Markets And the Crisis
A REGION IN TRANSITION By Vanessa Drucker Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, former Iron Curtain countries have embarked on a long road toward liberal market economies. Since the 1990s—during their accession to the European Union ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Company to Watch: ŞIŞECAM / Turkey
TURKEY’S LEADING GLASSMAKER EXPANDS ABROAD By Gordon Platt Glassmaker iecam has a near monopoly on the glass market in Turkey, where it operates a chain of retail outlets for its Paabahçe brand of glassware, and where its flat-glass output ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Country Report: Turkey
GREAT EXPECTATIONS By Justin Keay The government has lofty aspirations for Turkish growth, but reform and demographic development are necessary for the nation’s economy to reach its potential. The coming year could be a good one for ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cover Story: China In Europe
WITH A COOL HAND By Laurence Neville China is taking advantage of the European crisis to make strategic investments in the Continent and encourage companies to pick up cheap assets. But the Asian nation is taking a slow ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Debt: Bond Market Rally Continues
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said recently that improvements in the US labor market might not be sustained because of weak economic growth and signaled that the Fed was likely to ...