Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Companies Continue To Hoard Cash In Wake Of Credit Crunch
MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Anita Hawser It is not just banks that are coming under increasing criticism for their liquidity-hoarding tendencies....
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance: Corporate Debt
CORPORATE DEBT ISSUANCE STAYS STRONG, BUT RISK PREMIUMS RISE SHARPLY By Gordon Platt While the Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise interest rates significantly this year in light of high US unemployment and subdued inflation, the long-running rally ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance: Foreign Exchange
EUROPE’S DEBT PANIC BRINGS DOWN EURO, SPURS DOLLAR RALLY By Gordon Platt Weakness in the euro is contributing to the...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance: Global Equity/DRs
EMERGING MARKETS LEAD DR ISSUANCE By Gordon Platt Companies from emerging markets established 57 new depositary receipt programs in 2009, more than half of the year's total worldwide, according to an analysis by BNY Mellon. China-based issuers led ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance: M&A
LATIN AMERICA TAKES MERGER SPOTLIGHT By Gordon Platt Mergers in Mexico and Brazil that will create strong regional and global competitors in a number of industries overshadowed a dormant M&A; market in the United States in January. ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Country Focus: Peru
SECOND ACT By Antonio Guerrero In his second term, Peru’s president Alan Garcia is making amends for the shambles he left his country in after his first term. Peruvian president Alan Garcia is leading one of the ...
Country Report
Country Report: Turkey
STAYING THE COURSE By Gordon Platt Turkey has bounced back from a sharp economic contraction to become one of the region’s best performers. Its prospects are brighter than ever. Turkey's constitutional referendum last month gave a boost ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cover Story: Global Markets Brace For The Aftershock
GLOBAL MARKET BRACE FOR THE AFTERSHOCK Many countries still have a long way to go to convince investors that they are not likely to suffer a sovereign default. By Laurence Neville Just as the mood was lifting ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Currency Affairs
A cursory glance through the pages of this month's issue would suggest there is much cause for celebration...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Economic Slowdown Could Benefit Dollar
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS – FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The world economic recovery may be slowing more rapidly than previously...
Editor's Letter
Editor’s Letter: Settling Up
In this month's cover story we find that the alarming specter of sovereign risk has the potential to drive the global economy back into recession and spawn a new frenzy of risk aversion among investors...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Investor
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt India's equity market indices have gained more than 80% since early 2009, but the market lacks depth and breadth, with a high concentration of trading in a few top companies, according ...