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Newsmakers : Cruz Becomes Casualty Of Wall Street’s Credit Crunch

UNITED STATES Gardner: More companies are signing up to going green. Global investors, institutions and corporates are increasingly looking to improve their sustainability profile, according to a report by the Worldwatch Institute released in January. The report, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Bovespa Enjoys Ipo Bonanza

BRAZIL São Paulo stock exchange Bovespa Holding, which owns the São Paulo stock exchange, raised nearly $3.7 billion in an IPO that ranks as Latin America’s largest offering this year. Bovespa sold 250 million shares on October 26, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Banks Chop $100 Billion Off Backlog Of Lbo Financings As High-yield Bond Issues Come Back In Demand

CORPORATE FINANCING FOCUS Prospects have improved for clearing away a huge backlog of leveraged loans and high-yield debt to finance already completed corporate takeovers, thanks to a revival of new issuance in the US high-yield bond market. Nearly ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Petrochina Ipo Spurs Shanghai Stock Surge

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS PetroChina, China’s largest oil and gas producer, added fuel to the fire of Shanghai’s overheated stock market last month with its initial public offering on the mainland. The company’s A-shares surged 163% in their $8.9 billion ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Record Year For M&a Crawling To Finish

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS The year 2007 already has set an all-time record for the value of worldwide mergers and acquisitions, thanks to the growing influence of private equity funds and attractive financing opportunities earlier this year. However, deteriorating ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Slowing Us Economy, Rate Cuts Slash Dollar

FOREIGN EXCHANGE Interest rate differentials are squeezing the last bit of life out of the dollar amid ongoing concerns about the health of the US financial system, analysts say. The dollar fell to a record low against the ...

Banking

Cover Story : 20 Years Of Turmoil And Progress

ANNIVERSARY TIMELINE OCTOBER 19, 1987: STOCK MARKET CRASH The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) falls 508 points, or 22.6%, in the steepest decline since 1929. Portfolio insurance and computerized trading takes some of the blame for what ranks ...

Banking

Cover Story : A Calming Influence

CENTRAL BANKERS PERSPECTIVES Central bankers deserve much of the credit for the financial world’s ability to ride out tumultuous market conditions. Global Finance asked the central bankers who were awarded “A” grades in our recent central banker report ...

Banking

News & Features Archive

Newsmakers : Cruz Becomes Casualty Of Wall Street’s Credit Crunch

Emerging Markets : Bovespa Enjoys Ipo Bonanza

Corporate Finance : Banks Chop $100 Billion Off Backlog Of Lbo Financings As High-yield Bond Issues Come Back In Demand

Corporate Finance : Petrochina Ipo Spurs Shanghai Stock Surge

Corporate Finance : Record Year For M&a Crawling To Finish

Corporate Finance : Slowing Us Economy, Rate Cuts Slash Dollar

Cover Story : 20 Years Of Turmoil And Progress

Cover Story : A Calming Influence

Cover Story : Brave New World

Cover Story : Universal Currency Could Hold Key To Stability And Growth

Editor’s Letter : A New Era Dawns

Emerging Markets : Argentina’s Top Media Company Lists Drs On London Exchange