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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: Russia, Mexico Depositary Receipts

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS   By Gordon Platt   Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, raised $5 billion in a secondary share sale in London and Moscow in September that had been delayed for more than a year because of unfavorable ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: FX Market Overview

FX EXCELS WHILE OTHER ASSETS FALTER   By Gordon Platt   The FX markets are evolving: Trade and currency internationalization, and the shift toward exchanges, will further this process.   Foreign exchange has proven itself as a separate asset class ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Introduction: Uncertainty Reigns

UNCERTAINTY REIGNS   The foreign exchange market is going through a period of significant change on multiple fronts. New regulations introduced in the wake of the financial crisis will redefine users of foreign exchange services and divide the market into ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: The Renminbi As A Reserve Currency

THE RENMINBI GOES GLOBAL   By Gordon Platt   Pressure from BRIC countries for a new international reserve currency to replace the dollar is growing.   China, the world’s leading trading nation, would like to reap some of the benefits ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Who’s Who In Foreign Exchange

WHO’S WHO   By Gordon Platt   Global Finance ’s annual list of Who’s Who in Foreign Exchange   Mohamed El Aroussi Arab African International Bank Chief dealer and head of FX desk   El Aroussi, chief dealer at Arab ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: European Defense Merger Called Off

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS   By Gordon Platt   A proposed $45 billion merger of European aerospace group EADS with UK defense operator BAE Systems fell apart last month just ahead of a regulatory deadline to close the deal. ...

Banking

Newsmaker: Bermuda Premier Seeks Piece Of Islamic Finance Pie

NEWSMAKERS: BERMUDA   By Gordon Platt Paula Cox, Bermuda’s premier and minister of finance, shared the stage with former US president Bill Clinton in New York in September at the C3 Summit, a conference designed to promote relations between business ...

Banking

Newsmaker: Citi’s New Chief Executive Talks Resource Allocation

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES   By Gordon Platt   CEO Michael Corbat aims to restore Citi’s prestige—and boost its dividend—by operating with extreme efficiency and producing sustainable profits.   Corbat’s selection to head Citi was a surprise to many How he ...

Banking

Readers Comments

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR We received the following letter from the Bank of Korea press office. We are not surprised that some of our features generate controversy. We affirm our right to express an editorial stance based on our ...

Banking

Central Banker Report Cards 2012

GUNNING FOR GROWTH   By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser   Global Finance presents its annual report on the performance of the world’s central bank governors.   Central banks of most of the major global economies are pulling ...

Banking

Central Banker Report Cards 2012: Asia-Pacific

By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser ASIA-PACIFIC AUSTRALIA Glenn Stevens Grade: A Stevens has his hands full managing an economy with booming mining and financial sectors and weakness elsewhere. So far, he has managed to keep the overall ...
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