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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Milestones : G-20 sets out the new world order

The G-20 meeting in London in April was groundbreaking for the scale of the resources committed to the IMF and the unity of a diverse group of nations to combat global recession. But the legacy of the G-20 will ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Mexico first to tap IMF credit line

Mexico becomes the first country to tap IMF credit line;and risk management remains undervalued by money managers. Concerned about a weakening peso and possible 2010 fiscal gap, Mexico has turned to Washington for assistance for the first time since its ...

News

Milestones : British Building Materials Giant To Build North American Brick Brand

NORTH AMERICA “Brick is traditionally viewed as a commodity product. We believe we can market it as a fashion product” - Richard Manning - Hanson Brick What’s in a name? The answer is everything if you’re Richard Manning.The ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Buyouts Keep Getting Bigger As Private Equity Firms Rush To Invest Billions Pouring Into New Funds

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS The four-year-old boom in private equity investing reached a feverish pitch this summer as firms awash with cash hurried to put some of it to work in corporate takeovers and billions of dollars more poured ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Dollar Stays Strong, But Yen Tumbles

FOREIGN EXCHANGE The US dollar index, a measure of the value of the dollar against a basket of currencies, rose to a three-year high in March, as investors continued to seek the safe haven of US treasury ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Drug Mergers Ease M&a Drought

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS The need for bigger drug-development pipelines and more diversified businesses with greater geographic reach is fueling a wave of mergers in the pharmaceutical industry that is providing investment bankers with some much-needed underwriting fees. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Ice Begins Clearing Credit Default Swaps As Counterparty Risk Hits Record High

CORPORATE DEBT The first central counterparty clearinghouse for credit default swaps (CDS) began operating on March 9, the same day that perceptions of default risk among the largest derivatives market makers in the over-the-counter market rose to an ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Nyse Lists Carbon Allowances Fund

GLOBAL EQUITY /DRS The calendar of planned initial public offerings in the US was bone dry last month, and the only issue of size on the international horizon was a scheduled $1 billion preferred securities offering by ...

Banking

Cover Story : Bankers Learn Lessons In Prudence

MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL REPORT In Dubai and other financial centers around the Middle East, there are increasing signs that prudence and a focus on Islamic financing are paying off. Sulaiman: Middle East economy is in a better ...

Banking

Cover Story : Recession Proof

MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL REPORT RECESSION PROOF Saudi Arabia epitomizes the trend toward big spending on infrastructure by oil-rich nations that is keeping their economies afloat. By Gordon Platt The Middle East is not immune to the effects of the global ...

News

Editor’s Letter: Safety Catch

SAFETY CATCH <br/> The two most powerful forces in modern capitalism are, arguably, greed and fear...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Africa

Tsvangirai: Vowed to restore relations with the IMF. The African Development Bank has used its own capital base to create a $1.5 billion trade finance facility that aims to fuel trade and investment in the region. African commercial lenders and ...