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WORLD’S BEST ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 2012
Global Finance names the World’sBest Islamic Financial Institutions 2012 NEW YORK, April 20, 2012 – Global Finance magazine has announced...
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Best Investment Banks 2012: Country Awards
By Michael Shari COUNTRY AWARDS - NORTH AMERICA CANADA BMO Capital Markets Thanks to its strength in mining and energy, BMO Capital Markets commanded a 20.1% share of Canada’s M&A market last year. That was more than any other bank, comprising ...
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Best Investment Banks 2012: Legal Advisers
By Michael Shari LEGAL ADVISERS GLOBAL Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Advising companies on 154 M&A deals worth $294.5 billion, Simpson was ranked number one by Thomson Reuters in 2011. It advised Petrohawk Energy on its $15.1 billion sale to BHP ...
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Asian Development Bank Meeting 2012
ENVISIONING THE FUTURE By Thomas Clouse Business leaders, policymakers and development experts will gather in Manila the first week of May at the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) 45th Annual Meeting of the Governors. At last year’s Annual ...
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Awards: Best Investment Banks 2012
ANNUAL SURVEY AND AWARDS— REDEFINING SUCCESS By Michael Shari Global investment banks and strong local banks make the list in our annual awards. For an investment bank, success has long been defined as staying true to one’s ...
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Best Investment Banks 2012: Deals Of The Year
By Michael Shari DEALS OF THE YEAR BEST EQUITY DEAL Glencore International $10.1 billion IPO Lead Manager: Citi Global Bookrunners: Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas In Europe’s largest IPO since 1999, Glencore International of ...
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Best Investment Banks 2012: Global Awards
By Michael Shari GLOBAL AWARDS BEST INVESTMENT BANK Goldman Sachs In a year when success in investment banking was defined by survival, Goldman Sachs gained market share by devising extraordinarily creative solutions for its clients in raising capital across asset ...
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Best Investment Banks 2012: Regional Awards
By Michael Shari REGIONAL AWARDS - NORTH AMERICA BEST INVESTMENT BANK Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs has built what KBW’s Cannon calls “the powerhouse brand” on Wall Street by constantly structuring complex deals that combine its three core businesses—equity, debt and ...
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Best Investment Banks 2012: Sector Awards
By Michael Shari SECTOR AWARDS CONSUMER Citi Despite the fact that Citigroup’s overall market share was flat last year, it was the lead bookrunner of the largest equity capital market deal in the consumer sector by far. Citi raised $2 ...
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Could Cooperatives Change The World?
MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Paula Green Would the global economic crisis have been so severe if cooperative banks—which create value for their members as they achieve profits—ruled the financial world? And would the European Union and many of their banks ...
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Middle East 2012: GCC Banking And Investment
ABUNDANT FLOWS By Gordon Platt The oil and gas sector is leading an investment explosion in the region, particularly in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Photo Credit: PAUL COWAN / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Led by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the ...
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Middle East 2012: Levantine Banks
THE LEVANT BANKS ON STABILITY By Gordon Platt Caution and conservative growth are the key goals of Levantine economies. The resource-poor countries of the Levant have been trying to promote open markets, free trade and labor mobility ...