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Country Report
Country Report: Brazil
SEARCHING FOR BALANCED SOLUTIONS By Antonio Guerrero Investors are awaiting the outcome of recent rate cuts in Brazil. Whether it will prove proactive or premature remains to be seen. Citing a substantial deterioration in the global economy, ...
Country Report
Country Report: Lebanon
WAIT AND SEE By Justin Keay Lebanon has tumbled from its economic boom in 2010. Investors are holding back to see how the new government fares. So far, its reform progress is less than impressive. But with the ...
Editor's Letter
Crisis And Cooperation
The sovereign debt crisis in Europe and economic slowdown in other developed countries have forced dramatic fiscal and economic measures and several increasingly harsh rescue plans in countries around Europe...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Debt: Europe’s Debt Hits US High-Yield
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt US government bond yields hit record lows in September, yet investors passed up big yields on corporate HY. Even as yields on US government bonds fell to record lows ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equity/DRs: Record Global IPO Pipeline
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt The global pipeline of planned initial public offerings has grown to record proportions, with 332 companies waiting to issue IPOs valued at a total of $183 billion, according to Renaissance ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX: Dollar Bulls Continue To Rampage
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The dollar rose to an eight-month high against the euro in early October, as a further delay of Greek aid and concerns about the health of Europe’s banks gave the ...
Banking
Global Finance Salon
POLITICAL STALEMATE CRIPPLES BOTH US AND EUROPE By Vanessa Drucker In the first of a new ongoing series, Global Finance sits down with Jason Trennert, managing partner and chief investment strategist at Strategas Research Partners. Trennert, Strategas ...
Banking
Islamic Finance Goes Global
NEW HORIZONS By Anita Hawser Islamic Finance is growing beyond traditional borders to encompass new markets worldwide. The Islamic finance industry emerged relatively unscathed from the 2008 financial crisis —touting itself as an alternative to the leverage ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A: Japanese Steelmakers Merge
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Nippon Steel, Japan’s largest steelmaker, is acquiring rival Sumitomo Metal Industries to create the world’s second largest steel producer, at a time when global competition in the steel industry ...
Award Winners
Report And Awards: The Stars Of China
YIN AND YANG By Thomas Clouse China continues to sidestep major global economic woes, with its growth rate expected to hover close to 10%. However, the country faces its own unique set of challenges in effectively securing continued ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Sector Report: Mining
GO WITH GOLD By Michael Shari Runaway gold prices are empowering mining companies to finance themselves—and forcing banks to innovate, providing opportunities for investors that are willing to take on more complex risk. Kinross Gold has sworn off ...