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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX: Dollar Recovers As US Yields Rise

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The tax deal reached between President Obama and the opposition Republican Party...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: Deal Activity To Pick Up In 2011

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt There will be a substantial increase in mergers and acquisitions in 2011, following a relatively flat year for M&A; in 2010, as companies have plenty of cash to spend ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

US/China: WTO Tire Ruling Stirs Trade-War Fears

MILESTONES: UNITED STATES/CHINA By Gordon Platt Tired: Trade spat rolls on The fallout from the World Trade Organization's ruling last month that the US was within its rights in imposing import tariffs of up to 35% on Chinese ...

News

US: Obama Sets New Course For Next Two Years

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES By Gordon Platt Obama: Changing course President Barack Obama's tax deal with the Republican opposition and his efforts to woo business leaders demonstrate a willingness to compromise and suggest a new direction for his administration ...

Award Winners

World’s Best FX Providers 2011

ANNUAL SURVEY: UNCERTAINTY BREEDS CURRENCY VOLATILITY By Gordon Platt Global Finance selects the leaders in the world's biggest financial market, where trading averages $4 trillion a day. Europe's sovereign debt crisis, China's monetary tightening and the Federal ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

BNY Mellon Signs Pacts In Shanghai, Singapore

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt BNY Mellon is helping to bring American depositary receipts (ADRs) to Singapore and exchange-trade funds (ETFs) based on its DR indexes to Shanghai. This will provide access for local investors ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Focus: Middle East

COVER STORY: INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT SUSTAINS GROWTH By Gordon Platt High oil prices are keeping government spending flowing strongly into major projects, while debt-laden Dubai has taken a turn for the better. Dubai’s world-class infrastructure gave the emirate’s ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Focus: Rising Stars

COVER STORY: EMERGING MARKETS FOCUS 2010 By Gordon Platt After an impressive 2010, the coming year looks likely to bring more good news for most emerging markets. Emerging markets are giving capital controls a good name. Long ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Fed Injects $600Bn, Feeds Bond Rally

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt The bond market rally was given a new lease on life last month when the Federal Reserve announced it would buy $600 billion of US treasuries—and maybe more, if necessary—by ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Fed Pulls Rug Out From Under Dollar

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt Although the Federal Reserve's main focus is not the dollar, which is the purview of the US Treasury Department, it had to know that its $600 billion asset- purchase plan ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Ford’s Turkish Van Drives Into US Market

COMPANY TO WATCH: FORD OTOSAN/TURKEY By Gordon Platt Ford Otosan, a joint venture between Ford Motor of the US and Koç Group, a leading industrial conglomerate based in Turkey, exports its products to more than 60 countries. Soon ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Frontier Markets Index Tracks New Asset Class

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt Russell Investments, based in Washington state, introduced a new index, the Russell Frontier Index, that initially includes 683 stocks from 41 countries, none of which are included in the firm's emerging-markets ...
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