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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Fears Of Slowdown In Us Economy, Potential Rate Cuts Later In 2007 Keeping Dollar On The Defensive

FOREIGN EXCHANGE The dollar faces the prospect of further losses in 2007, particularly if growth in the US economy slows...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Ford Has Better Idea: Convertible Bonds

CORPORATE DEBT Taking advantage of strong demand for debt securities that can be exchanged for shares, Ford Motor sold $4.5...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Us Cross-border M&a Outflow Sets Record

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Cross-border mergers and acquisitions originating from US-based buyers reached a record $187.4 billion in the year-to-date period...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story : Crisis? What crisis?

After a decade of tumultuous upheavals in the 1990s, the currency markets in the 21st century have been remarkably calm....

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story : Imperfect Balance

Despite four years of steady decline, the potential for the dollar to crumble is as great as ever. October 19,...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story : Trading Up

Automated trading systems are helping fuel dramatic growth in the already-huge foreign exchange market. The growth of the foreign exchange...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story : Worlds Best Foreign Exchange Banks 2007

Global Finance selects the leaders in the worlds biggest financial market. With an estimated $3 trillion changing hands on a...

News

Editor’s Letter : 20 Years of Global Finance

It is almost 20 years since the first issue of Global Finance rolled off the presses on the eve of the 1987 stock market crash...

EM Investor : Biggest Pakistani Gdr Offering Since 1994 Comes To Market

DR NEWS Oil and Gas Development Company, or OGDC, raised $813 million in the biggest international share offering in more...

EM Investor : IFC Issue Boosts West African Bond Market

NEWS The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, issued a CFA franc-denominated bond last...

EM Investor : Phone Company Adapts To Change

COMPANY TO WATCH: TELKOM/INDONESIA Telkom, Indonesias largest phone company, has thrived despite the governments decision in 2002 to end its...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Bond Bonanza

BRAZIL Henrique de Campos Meirelles The Brazilian government continues to take advantage of favorable market conditions to issue real-denominated paper....