Banking
Debt: 32-Year-Old Bond Rally Falters
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT ByGordon Platt US interest rates have been in a general declining trend since 1981, when...
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Banking
Editor’s Letter: Tapering Expectations
The quantitative easing launched in recent years by the central banks of the United States, the eurozone and Japan is entering a new phase...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets Roundup: Brazil
BRAZILIAN PORTS OPEN TO PRIVATE INVESTORS By Antonio Guerrero The Dilma Rousseff administration signed into law new regulations that open the country’s ports to greater private-sector investments. Approved in June, the policies are expected to help attract ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets Roundup: China
CHINESE SOLAR-PANEL MAKERS FACE TRADE TARIFFS IN EUROPE By Thomas Clouse Chinese companies face trade friction in Europe now that the European Commission has imposed tariffs on Chinese solar panels. The EU charges that Chinese companies are ...
Banking
Equity: Companies Raise More DR Capital
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt The pace of capital raising using depositary receipts has accelerated sharply from last year, and the pipeline of future issues is strong, DR bankers say. Much of the recent activity ...
Features
Frontier Markets Focus: Cambodia
<p><strong>THE CONTENDER</strong><br />
Cambodia is emerging as a key investment destination—and potential consumer market—for companies focused on Southeast Asia. After more than a decade of 6%-plus growth—with just one hiccup during the global crisis in 2009—this nation of 15 million people has begun attracting serious interest.</p>
Banking
FX: Dollar Rebounds As Fed Debates QE Tapering
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt Volatility has returned to the currency markets, as participants weigh the likelihood that the Federal Reserve could dial back on its purchases of bonds if the US economy improves. A relatively ...
Banking
M&A: US, China M&A Activity Heating Up
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Shanghui International, China’s biggest pork producer, agreed to pay $4.7 billion to acquire Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer. If the deal succeeds, it should be the biggest ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Milestones: Finns Take Action To Sustain Reputation For Innovation
MILESTONES: FINLAND By Paula L. Green Even though the financial fortunes of mobile-phone manufacturer Nokia continue to weaken, Finland is not letting go of its reputation for technological innovation. The Nordic country seems intent on sustaining the type ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Milestones: Free Trade Agreement Deemed A Success After First Year
MILESTONES: US-COLOMBIA By Forrest Jones The free-trade agreement between Colombia and the United States spent years stalled in the US Congress, but it just celebrated its one-year anniversary in May, and both sides are hailing the deal as ...
Banking
Milestones: New Frontiers In Financing For Bangladesh
MILESTONES: BANGLADESH By Udayan Gupta Even as Bangladesh tries to extricate itself from the Rana Plaza building collapse, the Dhaka disaster that killed more than 1,100 garment workers, one private equity fund is trying to infuse new capital into ...
Banking
Newsmakers: Program Of Reform Brings Pain And Gain
NEWSMAKERS: LATVIA By Gilly Wright Praised by both the EU and the IMF for passing painful austerity measures, Latvian prime minister Valdis Dombrovskis will soon be rewarded by seeing his country become the 18th member of the eurozone. ...