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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Byblos Bank Lists In London; First Lebanese Firm In 12 Years

DR NEWS Byblos Bank, one of the leading banks in Lebanon, listed its global depositary receipts on the London Stock Exchange, which now trades 37 companies based in the Middle East. Byblos Bank, which has expanded rapidly into international markets ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Chinese Property Firm’s Sales Rise

COMPANY TO WATCH: COLI/CHINA China Overseas Land & Investment (COLI), a subsidiary of China State Construction Engineering, could be a beneficiary of China’s economic stimulus package. China’s largest developer by market value, COLI also focuses on infrastructure investment. The Hong ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : First Colombian ETF Trades On Nyse Arca

NEWS The first exchange-traded fund that seeks to replicate the performance of the 20 most-liquid securities in the Colombian market has begun trading on NYSE Arca, an all-electronic US trading platform. Global X Management, a New York-based asset ...

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Newsmakers : China’s Premier Puts The Us On Notice

CHINA / UNITED STATES Wen Jiabao: May be preparing ground for major policy shift. Wen Jiabao, China’s premier, has had a lot to say about US treasury bonds and the relative value of the yuan lately. Perhaps he ...

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Newsmakers : Perella Taps Into Petrodollar Boom

United Kingdom/United States Perella: Sees major opportunities Joseph Perella’s new investment firm looks well positioned to book some major deals in the Middle East. With petrodollars from around the world flooding into investments in the Gulf ...

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Newsmakers : Roth Brings Down Franc

SWITZERLAND Roth: Doing the whole region a favor by pushing down the franc. Jean-Pierre Roth, the low-key chairman of the Swiss National Bank, is not the type of person you would expect to shock ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Corporate Debt

ICE BEGINS CLEARING CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS AS COUNTERPARTY RISK HITS RECORD HIGH The first central counterparty clearinghouse for credit default swaps (CDS) began operating on March 9, the same day that perceptions of default risk among the largest derivatives market ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Etihad Atheeb Ipo Ends Long Saudi Drought

Global Equity /drs Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication, one of three new fixed-line operators in Saudi Arabia, broke the long drought in initial public offerings in the kingdom, with an IPO for 30% of its capital. The $80 million public offering, completed ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Feds Easing Policies Beginning To Work

Corporate Debt Corporate debt markets in the United States have begun to function more normally, and the money supply is expanding rapidly, showing that the Federal Reserve’s credit-easing policies may be working, analysts say. The Barclays Capital ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Author: Gordon Platt

Emerging Markets : Byblos Bank Lists In London; First Lebanese Firm In 12 Years

Emerging Markets : Chinese Property Firm’s Sales Rise

Emerging Markets : First Colombian ETF Trades On Nyse Arca

Newsmakers : China’s Premier Puts The Us On Notice

Newsmakers : Perella Taps Into Petrodollar Boom

Newsmakers : Roth Brings Down Franc

Corporate Finance : Corporate Debt

Corporate Finance : Etihad Atheeb Ipo Ends Long Saudi Drought

Corporate Finance : Feds Easing Policies Beginning To Work

Corporate Finance : Foreign Exchange

Corporate Finance : Global Equity/DRs

Corporate Finance : Pfizer-wyeth Merger May Set Off A Wave Of Consolidation