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Best Supply Chain Finance Providers

Supply Chain Finance In Growing Demand The credit crunch has demonstrated which banks are truly committed to developing supply chain finance solutions. By Anita Hawser Few market segments within financial services have emerged unscathed from the recent ...

News

Editor’s Letter: The Power Of One

Many watching the stock markets have been surprised or even alarmed at the surge in confidence in the past few months, a confidence that has fueled a tremendous rally in major indices around the world...

Banking

Features: Islamic Finance

REGIONAL REPORT: Gulf Cooperation Council Sukuk issuance is rebounding as investor confidence returns to the GCC region. By Gordon Platt...

Banking

Features: Looking Up In Dubai

REGIONAL REPORT: Gulf Cooperation Council The UAE economy is well on the road to recovery, one of its biggest boosters says. By Gordon Platt Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, speaker of the house of the Federal National Council, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: The Lure Of Foreign Shares

Banks have created 1,400 new unsponsored ADR programs to meet-and hopefully generate-growing demand, particularly from investors in separately managed accounts. By Gordon Platt The long drought in initial public offerings has slowed the pace of raising capital ...

Banking

Features: Waiting For The Dust To Settle

REGIONAL REPORT: Gulf Cooperation Council Financial services firms in the GCC region are poised to take advantage of an impending global recovery. By Gordon Platt The global economic and financial crisis arrived late in the six ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones: Credit Crunch Fallout Hits Weakest Nations Hardest

Global By Gordon Platt Raw deal: The poorest will suffer the most The low-income developing countries with little prospect of repaying loans are in the greatest need of help as a result of damage from the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones: Uk Tops Foreign Direct Investment League Table

United Kingdom By Anita Hawser London calling: Investors’ faith in the UK is growing The largest investor in the UK remained the United States, which increased its investment by 30% on 2007-2008 levels. The US accounted for ...

News

Newsmakers: Kirchners Face Uncertain Future

ARGENTINA By Antonio Guerrero Kirchner: May have to rein in her populist agenda When Cristina Kirchner won Argentina's 2007 presidential election, she was taking over the office held since 2003 by her husband, Nestor Kirchner. Observers speculated the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Newsmakers: Oil Confounds As Prices Rise While Demand Falls

GLOBAL By Gordon Platt Oil prices have doubled since February without any help from fundamental demand. In fact, demand projections have been revised downward due to the global recession. How long can this levitation act continue? "The global ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Newsmakers: Recession-weary Investors May Be Jumping The Gun

GLOBAL By Gordon Platt Levy: Economic recovery will not happen soon Voting with their portfolios, investors are viewing the glass as half full, and their risk appetite is increasing. Confidence among global investors rose for the sixth straight ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Newsmakers: Stimulus Packages Present Rich Pickings For Fraudsters

GLOBAL By Anita Hawser Abbey: Massive investment leaves door open for fraud With governments around the world doling out billions in stimulus packages or infrastructure projects to help revive flagging economies in the wake of the subprime crisis, ...