Banking
Features : World’s Best Trade Finance Banks 2006
Global Finance selects the leaders in a specialized area of finance that is undergoing a jarring transformation. Shifting global trade...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Group of Private Equity Funds Bids $12 Billion for Telecom In Europe’s Biggest LBO Ever
Mergers & Acquisitions Private equity funds, banding together in bidding consortia, have become major acquirers of European companies, particularly in...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : SunGard Sells $3 Billion In Biggest Deal in Years
Corporate Debt A series of debt-refinancing issues in the energy sector, as well as borrowing to pay for a major...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Turkish, Indian Banks Sell Big Equity Stakes
Global Equity/DRs Turkish bank Trkiye Vakiflar Bankasi, or Vakifbank, and ICICI Bank, based in India, had major successful stock offerings...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Will Yen Weakness Trigger Intervention?
Foreign Exchange Whats good for the goose may be good for the gander, but despite growing pressure on China to...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Cover Story : Emerging Markets 2006
Global Finance Surveys The Prospects For The Markets That Are Fast Becoming The Engines Powering Global Growth. In this special...
News
Editor’s Letter : Capitalism with a Conscience
This issue is a celebration of emerging markets, of the prospects for future development in nations, many of which have in recent years known only poverty and strife...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : New Index Tracks ‘Big Four’ Markets
NEWS MSCI Barra, a Morgan Stanley majority-owned company that develops and maintains benchmark indexes for an estimated $3 trillion of...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Accidents Highlight Structural Issues
CHINA The head of Chinas State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) resigned in early December after an explosion at a chemical...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Broadcaster Spreading Its Wings
COMPANY TO WATCH: GRUPO TELEVISA/MEXICO Mexico City-based Grupo Televisa has won a television license in Spain, gaining access to a...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : China’s Chip Designers Fall Flat
DR NEWS China-based computer chip designers for MP3 music players and digital cameras failed to wow investors in their recent...