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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Market Conditions Fail To Deter AgBank

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank) began marketing operations last month for what could be the biggest initial public offering in history, despite turbulent market conditions that caused a raft ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

New Leader Promises To Heal Regional Wounds

NEWSMAKERS: COLOMBIA By Antonio Guerrero Juan Manuel Santos Colombians have reaffirmed their support for conservative politics and economics, electing the newest member of a growing group of right-wing Latin American leaders. President-elect Juan Manuel Santos won the run-off ...

Banking

On The Right Path

ON THE RIGHT PATH By Gordon Platt For the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), there have been setbacks on the road to a common currency, which now appears unlikely to be introduced anytime in the next five years, ...

Editor's Letter

Payback Time

Almost three years after the global financial crisis began, the repercussions rumble on...

Country Report

Pole Position

Country Report: Poland By Justin Keay Having weathered the recent global crisis better than almost any other European country, Poland is laying the foundation for a sustainable long-term recovery. Poland's tumultuous history has made it no ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Reforms May Constrain Future Economic Growth

NEWSMAKERS: GLOBAL By Laurence Neville The focus of regulatory reform in the wake of the financial crisis has inevitably been on the banking sector. Equally, most analysis of regulatory reform has addressed the impact of regulatory change on ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Sasol May Gain From Lower Natural Gas Prices

Emerging Markets Investor: Company to watch By Gordon Platt Sasol is a prime example of a successful multinational company based in South Africa, where it mines coal to provide the raw material to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals. ...

Country Report

Steady Progress

Country Report: Portugal By Denise Bedell Portugal has been hit hard by the general uncertainty over the eurozone's future, but its prospects are outshining some of its neighbors'. It may still be laboring in Greece's shadow, ...

Award Winners

The World’s Best Sub-Custodians

ANNUAL SURVEY: THE WORLD'S BEST SUB-CUSTODIANS Sub-Custodians Feeling The Heat Global investing in turbulent times puts the spotlight on local safekeepers. By Gordon Platt As they seek to reassure investors that their assets in foreign ...

Features

Trends in M&A: A Global Finance Video Webcast

Global Finance magazine in association with Merrill DataSite presents the video webcast on Trends in Mergers and Acquisitions, which took...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Technology & Treasury Management 2010

Award Winners

Awards: Best Investment Banks

ANNUAL SURVEY: BEST INVESTMENT BANKS Earnings from investment banking helped major financial institutions return to profitability, but the rules are changing. By Gordon Platt Major banks reported hefty gains in first-quarter 2010 profits, with a powerful assist ...