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Award Winners

Best White-Label System Provider

By Anita Hawser BEST WHITE-LABEL SYSTEM PROVIDER BNY Mellon Enterprise Treasury Services A consistent winner in this category, BNY Mellon is one of the few banks with a business dedicated solely to providing other financial institutions with white-label solutions, which ...

News

CEO Ghizzoni Boosts UniCredit With Daring Capital Raising

NEWSMAKERS: ITALY By Laurence Neville While many big wigs in the world of finance hit the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in late January to rub shoulders with glamorous attendees from business, politics and showbiz—this year led ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

China And India Grapple With Skyscraper Building Bubbles

MILESTONES: CHINA/INDIA By Erik Heinrich China and India are in the midst of a skyscraper building boom that is radically transforming the skylines of its biggest cities and raising hubris to new heights. At present China is ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company To Watch: Zambeef Products / Zambia

EXPANDING PRODUCT LINES AT ZAMBEEF By Gordon Platt Zambeef Products of Zambia is one of the largest agribusinesses in Africa, with more than 4,000 employees. In June 2011, it became the first Zambian company to list on the London ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Country Report: Angola

LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES By Dan Keeler The improving economic and investment environment makes Angola a tempting target for foreign direct investors. But changes aimed at improving the business environment and building infrastructure must move forward before the country ...

Country Report

Country Report: Morocco

TURNING POINT By Michael Shari One of Africa's most vibrant economies is in the midst of a high-stakes political transition that will determine whether it continues on a path of reform or contends with the type of backlash that shook ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Country Report: UK Business And Finance

PLUGGING THE HOLE By Vanessa Drucker Although rival political parties in the UK agree on the need for austerity, debate rages on over the timeline and severity. There is little controversy among politicians or economists in the UK ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story: Global Elections 2012

ELECTION YEAR By Laurence Neville Numerous countries around the world are holding elections this year, which could create market uncertainty and hold back much-needed political decision-making—particularly in Europe. Unlike 2011, which was a year of "unknown unknowns," ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Debt: Low Rates, Economy Boost Issuance

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Easing monetary conditions and economic stabilization have increased demand for higher-risk assets, despite worries about Europe's debt. The Federal Reserve has pledged that the federal funds rate will remain ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

DR News: Bancolombia Sells Follow-On ADRs

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt Bancolombia sold $267 million in ADRs in January in a follow-on offering to its domestic sale of $614 million in preferred shares. The bank said proceeds would go to lending and ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: Awaiting Facebook, IPOs Revive

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY / DRS By Gordon Platt The US market for initial public offerings is off to a strong start in 2012, with anticipation building ahead of the expected $5 billion Facebook IPO, which will ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Editor’s Letter: Elections, Austerity And Uncertainty

In deciding to focus on elections worldwide for this month's cover story, we weren't just pondering their political implications and the relative uncertainty they occasion, we were also considering the global nature and impact of uncertainty in a single national election...