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O’Leary Lights Up Paris Air Show With China Agreement

NEWSMAKERS: IRELAND by Gordon Platt Full throttle: Ryanair powers up its fleet with giant order Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost airline, stole the limelight at the Paris Air Show in June by signing an ...

Award Winners

Awards: The World’s Best Subcustodians

ANNUAL SURVEY: MEETING NEW DEMANDS By Gordon Platt Subcustodians focus on real-time data and safety of client assets. The world’s leading subcustodians are investing in new systems to meet an increasing desire from global custodians for real-time ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Debt: Rapid Pace Of High-Yield Issuance

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS / CORPORATE DEBT by Gordon Platt The high-yield bond market felt the spillover effects in early June from a steep decline in prices of bonds backed by subprime mortgages, but US-based companies continue to tap ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

DR News: The Russians Are Coming, Eventually, To London

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR / DR NEWS by Gordon Platt Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, plans to list global depositary receipts (GDRs) in London and Frankfurt soon, with BNY Mellon as the depository. The listings could make Sberbank one of ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: Disclosures Hurt Chinese Firms

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS by Gordon Platt The froth in the market for initial public offerings of China-based companies listing on major stock markets around the world has been blown away by renewed concern about accounting ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM News: Political Unrest Threatens To Harm EM Portfolios

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR / NEWS by Gordon Platt Further political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa is highly likely and could have a major negative impact on investors’ portfolios, according to a BNY Mellon white paper ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX: Greek Contagion Risk On Euro

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS / FOREIGN EXCHANGE by Gordon Platt The euro tumbled against the dollar, the yen and the Swiss...

Banking

GCC: Banks Remain Reluctant To Lend

GCC REGIONAL REPORT: BACK FROM THE BRINK By Gordon Platt Upheaval in the region and beyond is encouraging banks to bolster their balance sheets before launching any aggressive lending programs. Banks in the GCC have recovered from the ...

Banking

GCC: Big Changes Loom

GCC REGIONAL REPORT: MARKING A MILESTONE By Gordon Platt The regional group faces new challenges as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) celebrated its 30th anniversary on May 25 with quiet flag-raising ceremonies ...

Banking

GCC: High Oil Prices Support Government Spending Rise

GCC REGIONAL REPORT: OIL MARKETS By Gordon Platt Global politics, supply dynamics and the fiscal needs of the GCC’s governments are combining to cloud the prospects for oil prices . Oil prices have been volatile in recent ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

India’s Power Shortages Spurring Demand For Coal

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR / COMPANY TO WATCH: COAL INDIA/INDIA by Gordon Platt Coal India has enjoyed a solid increase in its stock price since it listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange last November in the country’s biggest-ever IPO, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: Cash-Rich Firms Drive M&A

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS / MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Corporate Finance Focus by Gordon Platt Corporations worldwide are using their cash stockpiles to make acquisitions and are driving M&A; activity to a higher level that confirms the bullish trend ...
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