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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: Xstrata Investors Balk At Merger

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Mining company Xstrata's merger with commodities dealer Glencore may not go ahead unless the terms are improved for shareholders. The $90 billion deal, billed as a "merger of equals," is ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Ma Wins A Second Term In Tight Taiwanese Presidential Race

NEWSMAKERS: TAIWAN By Thomas Clouse Ma Ying-jeou will serve a second term as president of Taiwan after winning 51.6% of the vote in the January election, defeating his closest competitor, Tsai Ing-wen, by less than six percentage points. ...

Banking

Middle East Investment Banking

CLOUDY OUTLOOK By Gordon Platt The global economic slowdown and regional political turmoil are casting a pall over investment banking in the Middle East. As there's no change in sight, bankers in the region may be in for ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Regional Focus: Latin America

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE By Antonio Guerrero While neither Brazil nor Uruguay have any trade pacts aside from Mercosur, Chile and Mexico have many agreements in place. The two strategies have met with varying success. When ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Salon: James Rickards, Policy Weakness

SEEKING OUT VULNERABILITIES By Vanessa Drucker Global Finance sat down with James Rickards, senior managing partner at boutique alternative investment firm Tangent Capital Partners and author of Currency Wars: The Making Of The Next Global Crisis . ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Special Report: Intellectual Property

Companies are trying to determine how best to monetize the untapped value in this hot, new asset class.

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Treasury & Cash Management Awards 2012

ANNUAL SURVEY: DIGGING DEEPER By Anita Hawser Companies want ever-more-detailed information to better manage cash and liquidity. Those banks that are investing in best-in-class risk and liquidity management solutions are winning corporate clients. Last year was a ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

US Foreign Investor Visas Get New Lease On Life

MILESTONES: UNITED STATES By Valentina Pasquali Struggling with a sagging real estate market and a weak economic recovery, the US has been revamping its efforts to attract foreign investors. For example, the current administration is pumping new life into ...

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News & Features Archive

M&A: Xstrata Investors Balk At Merger

Ma Wins A Second Term In Tight Taiwanese Presidential Race

Middle East Investment Banking

Regional Focus: Latin America

Salon: James Rickards, Policy Weakness

Special Report: Intellectual Property

Treasury & Cash Management Awards 2012

US Foreign Investor Visas Get New Lease On Life

MOST IMPROVED RATINGS: APRIL 2012

SAFEST BANKS IN ASIA 2012

SAFEST BANKS IN AUSTRALASIA 2012

SAFEST BANKS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 2012