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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Credit Crunch Tightens Grip On Us Market

Corporate Debt     Credit spreads widened last month and corporate bond yields were at or above levels that prevailed prior to the start of the Federal Reserve’s monetary easing last summer, leading economists to conclude that the US economy ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Latin American Currencies Heat Up

Foreign Exchange         CURRENCY FORECASTS         Latin America has experienced its share of currency crises in recent decades, but for the past few years the region’s currencies have continued to go from strength to ...

Banking

Cover Story : From Bust To Boom

Middle East Lebanon’s banks are spreading their wings as they push for more growth in the Middle East’s key markets.   Banks in downtown Beirut: Lebanon's financial institutions are expanding through the region. While the banking sector remains the backbone ...

Banking

Cover Story : Secondary Development

Middle East As Islamic bonds become more popular, banks are creating a viable secondary market.   Emirates Islamic Bank: Reaping the benefits of a surge in business. Asurge in the issuance of sukuk, or Islamic bonds, and growing demand from ...

Banking

Cover Story: Let the good times roll

The Middle East Prudent investment of vastly increased oil revenues and a determination to build stable financial foundations are helping transform the Middle East into one of the world’s most vibrant economic areas. The DIFC in Dubai: One of the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM Investor : Palm Oil Producer Reaps Rewards

Company To Watch: Ioi/malaysia         Palm oil prices have almost doubled in the past year on rising demand from China and India and increased use of crude palm oil as an alternative energy source. Kuala Lumpur-based IOI, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM Investor : Rwanda Exchange Trading Bonds

News         The Rwanda Stock Exchange opened for business in the capital city of Kigali at the end of January, but so far the exchange has not traded any stocks. It has listed two government bonds and ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Dollar’s fall since 2000 could be near an end

FOREIGN EXCHANGE Analysts are beginning to watch for signs of a solid bottom for the dollar, following its long-term decline since September 2000. The dollar’s multi-year decline is nearing an end, and the greenback already may have hit bottom against ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : India’s biggest ipo ever is first of 35 this year

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS Mumbai-based Reliance Power raised $3 billion in January in India’s largest-ever initial public offering. The shares sold represented a 10% stake in the company, which aims to provide electricity to power the country’s fast growth but which so ...
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