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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Global Equity/DRs

Equity Capital Underwriting Fees Rise 33% Gordon Platt Underwriting fees from global equity capital market transactions in the first nine months of 2009 rose 33% from the same period a year earlier to an estimated $14.8 billion, according ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Mergers & Acquisitions

Morgan Stanley Leads After Three Quarters BY Gordon Platt Morgan Stanley edged out Goldman Sachs as the top financial adviser on mergers and acquisitions worldwide in the first three quarters of 2009, as M&A; activity declined 38% from ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Argentine Electric Company Lists ADRs In New York

Investor Argentine Electric Company Lists ADRs In New York. By GP Pampa Energía, which generates, transmits and distributes electricity in Argentina, listed American depositary receipts on the New York Stock Exchange on October 9, and its chairman, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: HSBC Indian Equity Fund Produces Strong Return

Investor HSBC Indian Equity Fund Produces Strong Return. By Gordon Platt Sanjiv Duggal, investment director of equities at Halbis, the active fundamental investment management arm of HSBC Global Asset Management, closely monitors the progress of the monsoons, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Potash Producer Loves Green Shoots In Global Economy

Investor Potash Producer Loves Green Shoots In Global Economy. By GP Israel Chemicals is one of the best-positioned potash producers in the world, given its exclusive concession from the Israeli government to extract a seemingly endless supply ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: FX Swaps Get Kid-Glove Treatment

Swaps Foreign exchange swaps appear to be about to emerge unscathed from the flurry of new regulation prompted by the recent financial turmoil. By Gordon Platt Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank, released a ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Hedging The Risk Of A Dollar Collapse

Gordon Platt Contributing Writer gplatt@gfmag.com Conspiracy theories abound about the so-called demise of the dollar. When all is said and done, however, the dollar no doubt will remain widely held by central banks and citizens of the world, and ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Murphy’s Law Rules The FX Market

Managing Volatility Accurately predicting currency movements can make the difference between profit and loss for a multinational. Fortunately, help is at hand. By Gordon Platt Finance ministers and central bankers have a habit of substituting “volatility” for ...

Banking

Author: Gordon Platt

Corporate Finance: Global Equity/DRs

Corporate Finance: Mergers & Acquisitions

Emerging Markets: Argentine Electric Company Lists ADRs In New York

Emerging Markets: HSBC Indian Equity Fund Produces Strong Return

Emerging Markets: Potash Producer Loves Green Shoots In Global Economy

FX Supplement: FX Swaps Get Kid-Glove Treatment

FX Supplement: Hedging The Risk Of A Dollar Collapse

FX Supplement: Murphy’s Law Rules The FX Market

Milestones: IFC Sukuk To Boost Nascent GCC Debt Markets

Newsmakers: Central Bank Governor Tries To Shame Bankers On Pay

Corporate Finance Focus: M&A

Corporate Finance: Brazil, China Lead Global IPO Rebound