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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TCM Guide: Holistic Risk Management

A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME Businesses need to develop a new range of tools if they want to achieve truly holistic risk management. By Denise Bedell The world of risk management has changed drastically as a result ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TCM Guide: Treasury & Cash Management Guide 2009

By Anita Hawser Europe Editor anita@gfinance.co.uk A lot of the traditional services cash management banks provided to their customers in the lead-up to the financial crisis around collections, liquidity, risk and working capital management are featuring more prominently ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TCM Guide: Who’s Who

WHO’S WHO IN TREASURY AND CASH MANAGEMENT Robert Allen – Group Treasurer British American Tobacco Robert Allen was appointed group treasurer effective June 2008. Based in London, Allen works with a team of 20 professionals across the BAT ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Cover Story: Emerging Powerhouses

Far from collapsing under the weight of the recent financial crisis, the biggest emerging markets are powering the next wave of global growth. By Laurence Neville In its July World Economic Update,the International Monetary Fund said that the ...

Banking

Breaking Free Of The Broken Banks

Spotlight State-Run Banks In the wake of the global crisis in the banking sector, governments that have become sole or partial owners of troubled banks are contemplating their options. By Nick Kochan The future of many of ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: China Removes IPO Ban As Market Soars

Global Equity/DRs By Gordon Platt China opened the floodgates to new share offerings in June, releasing a torrent of initial public offerings to help soak up excess liquidityand cool an overheating stock market. The removal of the government’s ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Credit Spreads Return To Pre-crisis Levels

Corporate Debt By Gordon Platt The interest rate spreads on corporate bonds to US treasury securities narrowed in July to levels that existed before Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection in September 2008, as investors increased their risk-taking ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Dollar Secure In Its Role As World’s Key Reserve Currency, Analysts Say

Foreign Exchange By Gordon Platt Calls for a super-sovereign reserve currency to replace the dollar are going nowhere fast. The Teflon dollar is brushing off everything thrown at it by the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Worldwide M&a Activity Continues To Slide

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt The statistics on global dealmaking activity show no signs of improvement, despite some recent easing of the credit crisis and widespread opportunities for investment in distressed sectors. The value of worldwide mergers ...

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News & Features Archive

TCM Guide: Holistic Risk Management

TCM Guide: Treasury & Cash Management Guide 2009

TCM Guide: Who’s Who

Cover Story: Emerging Powerhouses

Breaking Free Of The Broken Banks

Corporate Finance: China Removes IPO Ban As Market Soars

Corporate Finance: Credit Spreads Return To Pre-crisis Levels

Corporate Finance: Dollar Secure In Its Role As World’s Key Reserve Currency, Analysts Say

Corporate Finance: Worldwide M&a Activity Continues To Slide

Editor’s Letter: Out Of The Woods?

Emerging Markets: Indian Companies Tap Rising Foreign Appetite For Shares

Emerging Markets: Rise In Copper Prices Puts Shine On Chinese Producer