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Best Investment Banks 2012: Legal Advisers

By Michael Shari LEGAL ADVISERS GLOBAL Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Advising companies on 154 M&A deals worth $294.5 billion, Simpson was ranked number one by Thomson Reuters in 2011. It advised Petrohawk Energy on its $15.1 billion sale to BHP ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Annual Supplement: Middle East 2012

CHANGE IS IN THE AIR As one drives into Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, on King Khalid International Airport Road, a symbol of change appears suddenly through the window after miles of desert. It is the enormous campus of ...

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Asian Development Bank Meeting 2012

ENVISIONING THE FUTURE By Thomas Clouse Business leaders, policymakers and development experts will gather in Manila the first week of May at the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) 45th Annual Meeting of the Governors. At last year’s Annual ...

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Awards: Best Investment Banks 2012

ANNUAL SURVEY AND AWARDS— REDEFINING SUCCESS By Michael Shari Global investment banks and strong local banks make the list in our annual awards. For an investment bank, success has long been defined as staying true to one’s ...

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Best Investment Banks 2012: Deals Of The Year

By Michael Shari DEALS OF THE YEAR BEST EQUITY DEAL Glencore International $10.1 billion IPO Lead Manager: Citi Global Bookrunners: Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas In Europe’s largest IPO since 1999, Glencore International of ...

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Best Investment Banks 2012: Global Awards

By Michael Shari GLOBAL AWARDS BEST INVESTMENT BANK Goldman Sachs In a year when success in investment banking was defined by survival, Goldman Sachs gained market share by devising extraordinarily creative solutions for its clients in raising capital across asset ...

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Best Investment Banks 2012: Regional Awards

By Michael Shari REGIONAL AWARDS - NORTH AMERICA BEST INVESTMENT BANK Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs has built what KBW’s Cannon calls “the powerhouse brand” on Wall Street by constantly structuring complex deals that combine its three core businesses—equity, debt and ...

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Best Investment Banks 2012: Sector Awards

By Michael Shari SECTOR AWARDS CONSUMER Citi Despite the fact that Citigroup’s overall market share was flat last year, it was the lead bookrunner of the largest equity capital market deal in the consumer sector by far. Citi raised $2 ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company to Watch: BR MALLS / Brazil

BRAZILIAN MALL OPERATOR RINGS UP SALES GAIN By Gordon Platt Brazil’s retail sales rose more than expected in December—climbing 6.7% from a year earlier and suggesting that domestic consumption will remain strong despite global market conditions. BR Malls, ...

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Could Cooperatives Change The World?

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Paula Green Would the global economic crisis have been so severe if cooperative banks—which create value for their members as they achieve profits—ruled the financial world? And would the European Union and many of their banks ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Cover: Politics And Sovereign Ratings

POLITICS AND THE SOVEREIGN RATING By Michael Shari The debate rages on as to whether recent sovereign downgrades were politically motivated, or whether the ratings agencies were simply slow to act on decisions made long before. Stakeholders worldwide are ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Debt: Corporate Bonds Break Records

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Issuance of high-grade US corporate bonds soared to $99 billion in February. Issuance of high-grade corporate bonds in the US market soared to a monthly record high of $99 billion ...