Banking
Global Salon: Gary Gorton, Yale
FINDING BALANCE By Paula Green Global Finance sat down with Gary Gorton, professor of management and finance at the Yale...
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Banking
Japan: Veteran Executive Takes Top Job At Nomura
NEWSMAKERS: JAPAN By Valentina Pasquali After the insider-trading scandal that, in July, forced the resignation of both its chief executive officer and chief operating officer, Japan's largest financial conglomerate, Nomura, is gearing up for a new chapter in ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A: China Seeks Global Energy Assets
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, returned from his second official trip to China in February and announced that Beijing would lend two giant pandas, Er Shun and Ji Li, ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Offshore Deals Help Counter Slowing Global M&A Market
MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Paula Green Corporate financial executives with cash to burn are turning up the heat on merger and acquisition activity in offshore financial locales around the globe. M&A deals are on the rise in Mauritius The value ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Poland Shines In CEE
STAR GAZING By Vanessa Drucker Among Central and Eastern European countries, Poland’s economic performance clearly stands out. Unlike other countries it has the luxury of economic growth, and it boasts a large domestic market that can pick up ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Polls And Stats: European Banking Crisis: Impact On Emerging Markets Economies
European Banking Crisis: Impact On Emerging Markets Economies Emerging markets economies’ outstanding debt held by EU banks as a % of their GDP. You will need javascript to view this feature. “EM countries that rely heavily on European banks to ...
Award Winners
Project Finance and Infrastructure Providers 2012: Global Winners
By Gordon Platt FINANCIAL ADVISER: HSBC When Abu Dhabi needed a financial adviser for its latest seawater desalination and power project, Mirfa IWPP, it selected HSBC on their longstanding relationship and the bank’s reputation, without opening the contract to competitive ...
Award Winners
Project Finance and Infrastructure Providers 2012: Regional Winners
By Gordon Platt NORTH AMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISER: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group MUFG led the $585 million nonrecourse financing of the Wind Energy Transmission Texas project, and structured a $387 million construction loan for the Lone Star Transmission project, a 329-mile transmission ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Risk Management: Cyber Risk
COVER UP By Paula Green Insuring against cyber risks is stoking the imaginations of insurance companies as the risks to multinationals expand. However, companies should check what policies cover them for. Cyber risks are increasingly edging their ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Sector Report: Agribusiness Take Off
A BUMPER YIELD By Justin Keay Agribusiness is increasingly being viewed as a dynamic area to invest in. But as global demand for food supplies and land increases, can banks, often criticized for their short-term outlook, meet the ...
Country Report
Taiwan Seeks New Growth Opportunities
THE TIES THAT BIND By Arthur Clennam Economic forces are subtly improving prospects for Taiwanese companies seeking new markets in China. An ancient folk story from Taiwan goes something like this: A frog lives for years in ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Treasury & Cash Management Supplement
RISK CONVERGENCE Unsurprisingly, risk is a key theme for our Seventh Annual Treasury & Cash Management supplement. 'Hurry up and wait' has been the prevailing message from global markets, and treasurers are responding in myriad ways to the ...