Banking
Features: Islamic Finance
REGIONAL REPORT: Gulf Cooperation Council Sukuk issuance is rebounding as investor confidence returns to the GCC region. By Gordon Platt...
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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, ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance: Big Emerging Market Mergers Create World-scale Competitors
Mergers & Acquisitions BY GORDON PLATT Two of Brazil's biggest food companies, Perdigão and Sadia, plan to merge in a stock-swap transaction that will create a multinational food company with annual sales of $10.6 billion. The new company, ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance: Dollar Bulls Hope Fed Aces Policy Transition
Foreign Exchange BY GORDON PLATT Signs that the US economy is bottoming out and hopes that the Federal Reserve will deftly handle the transition to a less accommodative monetary policy are boosting the dollar, analysts say. They say ...