EM Investor : IFC Issue Boosts West African Bond Market
NEWS The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, issued a CFA franc-denominated bond last...
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EM Investor : Phone Company Adapts To Change
COMPANY TO WATCH: TELKOM/INDONESIA Telkom, Indonesias largest phone company, has thrived despite the governments decision in 2002 to end its...
News
Newsmakers : Paulson Bangs Gong Gently
UNITED STATES/CHINA Shaking the hand that feeds: Paulson meets Chinese premier Wen Jiabao As the year drew to a close,...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Central Banks Still Shifting From Dollar
Foreign Exchange A growing number of central banks are diversifying their foreign currency reserves away from the dollar and into...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : High-yield Debt Sets Global Record In 2006
Corporate Debt A global wave of leveraged buyouts, which are financed with large amounts of high-yield bonds, is pushing the...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Hostile Takeovers Flare Up In Europe
Mergers & Acquisitions Announced hostile mergers and acquisitions of companies based in Europe in the first 10 months of this...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Consumer Stocks Often Overlooked
News Merrill Lynch analyst Richard Bernstein is bullish on consumer stocks in emerging markets. One of the prime rules of...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : High-flying Insurer To Issue New Shares
Company To Watch: China Life Insurance/china China Life Insurance, which accounts for nearly half of the life-insurance market in China,...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Kazakhstan’s Largest Ipo Raises $2 Billion
Dr News KazMunaiGas Exploration Production, a subsidiary of the Kazakh state oil and gas company, raised $2.03 billion in the...
Banking
Features : Best Banks In Project Finance 2006
Annual survey/ worlds best project finance banks Global Finance selects the winners from among the leading banks that create and...
News
Features : Saudi Arabia Leads Region’s Project Financing Boom
REGIONAL FOCUS / MIDDLE EAST New refineries and petrochemical facilities will squeeze more value out of the countrys crude oil...
News
Milestones : US Cracks Down On Bribes To Foreigners
United States Cash in hand: Clamp down on bribes The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice...