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Best In Class 2010

ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD’S BEST BANKS A selection from Global Finance’s best banks awards from the past year. BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS BEST DERIVATIVES PROVIDERS BEST SUB-CUSTODIANS BEST SUB-CUSTODIANS (cont.) BEST ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BEST TREASURY ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Brazilians Develop Taste for Chilean Wines

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: COMPANY TO WATCH By Gordon Platt Viña Concho y Toro, the largest wine exporter in Chile, recently signed a global marketing agreement with Manchester United Football Club in England—although maybe it should have signed with ...

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....

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...