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“Salon: Joshua Shapiro, MFR Inc “
TOUGH TIMES TO COME By Kathryn Tully Global Finance sat down with with Joshua Shapiro, chief US economist for consultancy MFR, to discuss the US economy, the fiscal “cliff” and structural problems still facing the country. Global ...
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Back Page: Polls And Stat – Checking The Pulse Of Sovereign Risk
Checking The Pulse Of Sovereign Risk BlackRock’s BSRI risk ranking provides a framework for tracking sovereign credit risk. In the last quarter, perceived risk worsened for Japan and South Africa, improved for China, Australia and New Zealand and remained the ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Frontier Markets Networking Event
LOCATION | NEW YORK CITY To celebrate the launch of its new monthly section on Frontier Markets, Global Finance held a networking event in January at the Harvard Club in New York. Frontier markets specialists and investors from around ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Frontier Markets Report: Ghana
STAKING ITS CLAIM By Dan Keeler A history of stability, a growing middle class and a rapidly expanding economy are among the key assets of this West African gem. Photo Credits: REUTERS / YAW BIBINI Ghana has ...
Banking
Market Focus: Asian Investment Banking
ANOTHER LEAN YEAR By Arthur Clennam Investment banks in Asia are facing a reduced deal pipeline and slashing their fixed-income, currencies and commodities units. But a flurry of small-scale Chinese IPOs in Hong Kong could add cheer to ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Milestone: Comesa Seeks Funding From Within To Drive Down Trade Finance Costs
MILESTONES: AFRICA By Alfred Sayila With member states’ foreign exchange reserves reaching a record $112 billion in 12 years, countries in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), Africa’s leading trade body, may soon have a cheap new ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Milestone: Growing Chorus At Home Urges UK To Break With Brussels
MILESTONES: EUROPE By Valentina Pasquali On the tail of the European economic crisis, the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union is nearing a breaking point. While in Brussels some members are pushing for further integration, in ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Newsmaker: New Treasury Secretary Lew Lacks Private Sector Expertise
NEWSMAKERSUS By Valentina Pasquali With high-stakes negotiations with Congress under way, US president Barack Obama is bringing in a new treasury secretary. Lew: An experienced political negotiator Jacob Lew, 57, was the White House’s chief of ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Newsmaker: Venezuelan Successor Fails To Allay Concerns Over Power Vacuum
NEWSMAKERS: VENEZUELA By Valentina Pasquali As Hugo Chávez’s 13-year-long domination of Venezuelan politics is overshadowed by ill health, speculation over who will carry on his legacy is largely focused on vice president Nicolás Maduro Moros, whom Chávez himself appointed as his ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Securities Lending In Emerging Markets
JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS By Kathryn Tully In the hunt for demand and revenue, securities lending in emerging markets sounds perfect, but big obstacles still curtail liquidity. Faced with falling demand and tighter regulation in North America and ...
Award Winners
WORLD’S BEST TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS 2013
Global Finance Names the World’s Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers 2013 NEW YORK, January 18, 2013 Global Finance magazine...