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Award Ceremonies and Events

Features: Awards Ceremony: World’s Best Banks 2009

Location: IMF Annual Meetings, Istanbul WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2009 Global Finance’s 13th annual Best Banks awards ceremony was held in early October in Istanbul, as the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank were ...

Country Report

Features: Brazil Country Report – Everything To Play For

EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR As Brazilian president Lula prepares to step down, the country is facing a remarkably bright future—and a presidential election that is far from a foregone conclusion. By Antonio Guerrero Brazilian ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: Corporate Cards Go Virtual

CORPORATE CARDS GO GLOBAL AND VIRTUAL Companies are reworking their corporate card programs and setting up new corporate purchase card programs to improve spend management and gain greater control over global expenses. By Denise Bedell Companies ...

Banking

Features: Country Report: Lebanon

BUCKING THE GLOBAL TREND Lebanon sidestepped the global turmoil and is busy building on its newfound prosperity. By Justin Keay On any morning in downtown Beirut—along the sunny Corniche or in the cafes in the reconstructed ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: Intellectual Values

INTELLECTUAL VALUES Companies on the hunt for liquidity are unearthing hidden treasures in their intellectual property portfolios. By Antonio Guerrero As companies strive to make the best use of their assets, to focus on their core operations ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: Roundtable: Custody & Investors’ Services

PROVIDING CONFIDENCE IN TROUBLED TIMES As they seek to better understand and manage the risks and value in their portfolios, investors are looking for more support than ever from their custody and investors’ services providers. Moderated by ...

Award Winners

Features: World’s Best Derivatives Providers

Derivatives Stage A Comeback Market participants are rediscovering the appeal of derivatives, and the providers that stayed the course during the recent meltdown are reaping the benefits. By Laurence Neville In the year covered by Global Finance’s ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: FX Swaps Get Kid-Glove Treatment

Swaps Foreign exchange swaps appear to be about to emerge unscathed from the flurry of new regulation prompted by the recent financial turmoil. By Gordon Platt Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank, released a ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Hedging The Risk Of A Dollar Collapse

Gordon Platt Contributing Writer gplatt@gfmag.com Conspiracy theories abound about the so-called demise of the dollar. When all is said and done, however, the dollar no doubt will remain widely held by central banks and citizens of the world, and ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Murphy’s Law Rules The FX Market

Managing Volatility Accurately predicting currency movements can make the difference between profit and loss for a multinational. Fortunately, help is at hand. By Gordon Platt Finance ministers and central bankers have a habit of substituting “volatility” for ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Spreading The Word

Spread Betting Spread betting is becoming an increasingly popular form of FX trading. Its proponents are hoping it will grow as a risk management tool, too. By Anita Hawser Its initial popularity—and notoriety—may have been among sports ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Who’s Who In Foreign Exchange 2009

Who’s Who ILYA SOROKIN president and CEO ActForex Ilya Sorokin is president and CEO of ActForex, a New York-based provider of retail foreign exchange trading platforms. The firm’s Internet Currency Trading System (ICTS) has the ability to accommodate various ...