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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features : Horror Story With A Happy Ending

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT FINANCE The recent downturn in the credit cycle has hit media industry restructuring, but Hollywood is attracting investors for new film financing deals.     The boom in leveraged buyouts in the media industry hit a brick ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features : Hot Topic Or Hot Air?

INSIGHT / CARBON OFFSETTING Carbon emissions reduction is an increasingly important aspect of any global corporation’s operations. But working on reductions and investing wisely in offset projects is a critical element of that.     Companies are increasingly looking to ...

Banking

Features : Thrive Or Survive

SECTOR REPORT / GLOBAL CUSTODY & INVESTORS’ SERVICES Global custodians and asset servicers face increasing competition and a more complex landscape than ever before. In order to survive, they must continue to invest in new products and staff, build infrastructure ...

Banking

Milestones : Qatar Tightens Financial Regulation

QATAR     The only way is up: QFC moves to new, gleaming headquarters.   Rich in natural gas, the Gulf nation of Qatar has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, with increasing demand for financial products and ...

Banking

Milestones : Banks On The Spot Over Internet Fraud

UNITED KINGDOM / GLOBAL       Brunswick: Banks are responding to threats.   The Internet has become a “playground for criminals,” and it is up to banks and other online service providers to make it safe for consumers to ...

Banking

Milestones : Booming Islamic Finance Faces Hurdles

GLOBAL     High aspirations: Islamic finance on the rise. Excess liquidity and the tidal wave of petrodollars flooding into the Middle East are causing a surge of interest in Islamic finance. The growth rate of the industry is now ...

News

Newsmakers : Few Cities Attain ‘knowledge Hub’ Status

Europe     Stockholm: One of 15 knowledge hubs. With just over two years to go, the European Commission’s Lisbon Agenda initiative to transform Europe into the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010 appears to ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : The unsinkable mrs. K

Argentina       Double act: Nestor Kirchner and the presidential hopeful, Mrs. K. Argentine First Lady and senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is poised to replace her husband, President Nestor Kirchner, in the top post in the October 28 ...

News

Newsmakers : ‘Helicopter Ben’ Refuses To Panic

United states     Bernanke under pressure as he fends off calls for a rate cut. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke didn’t exactly call out the helicopters and dump bundles of money on Wall Street last month to keep the ...

Banking

TCM Guide 2007 : Sepa: Reaching Beyond European Borders

CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: CITI     Naveed Sultan is Managing Director, Head of Global Transaction Services in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) The birth of a new currency used by more than 300 million consumers is a remarkable event. Since ...
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