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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Mexican Airport Operator Raises $1 Billion In IPO

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, or GAP, Mexicos largest airport operator, raised $1 billion in the countrys largest privatization...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Shift in Japan’s monetary policy threatens to reduce the appeal of lucrative yen “Carry trade”

Foreign exchange The logic couldnt be simpler. An investor borrows Japanese yen at a low interest rate and invests the...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Telecom, Energy Deals Keep M&A Boom Going

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Even before AT&T; announced plans last month to buy BellSouth for $67 billion in stock, the pace...

News

Cover Story : Big, Beautiful Or Both?

Opportunities and pitfalls abound for the Western banks rushing to build a presence in the Chinese banking market. There is...

News

Editor’s Letter : Don’t look, Leap!

Readers might be left with the impression that Western banks are being a little hasty in their headlong rush to gain a slice of the Chinese banking market...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : China proposes to close income gap

China Chinas premier, Wen Jiabao The annual meeting of the National Peoples Congress (NPC) convened on March 5 with rural...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Early warning on high-yield debt

News With the 1997 Asian financial crisis a receding memory, lower-rated companies in the region are successfully issuing growing amounts...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : FDI inflows hit record levels

INDIA The Indian government has been quietly liberalizing foreign direct investment rules to the point that most of the restrictions...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Grocer struggles with deflation

Company to watch: CBD/Brazil So Paulo-based Companhia Brasileira de Distribuico, or CBD, Brazils largest retailer, is shifting its emphasis away...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Inflation may trigger political fallout

RUSSIA Finance minister Alexei Kudrin New government-owned oil major Rosneft, which vaulted into the top tier of Russian oil companies...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Lotte rings up record GDR

DR NEWS South Koreas largest department store chain, Lotte Shopping, raised $3.5 billion in its February initial public offering, including...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Presidential race takes shape

Brazil New contender: Geraldo Alckmin Capital markets were encouraged by the opposition party PSDBs tapping in March of So Paulo...