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FX: Positive US Economy Boosts Dollar

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt A batch of better-than-expected US economic data, including nonfarm payrolls and housing prices, gave the dollar a lift last month. Analysts said the signs of strength diminished the need ...

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Global Risk Management Providers 2012: Learning To Like Vanilla

LEARNING TO LIKE VANILLA By Gordon Platt Global Finance presents its annual awards highlighting the best global derivatives providers. Reform and regulation of the derivatives markets is having a major impact on the functioning of the industry ...

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Global Risk Management Providers 2012: Winners’ Circle

STAYING NIMBLE By Kathryn Tully Of Global Finance ’s derivatives exchange awards, IntercontinentalExchange has won the achievement award four times out of five, while NYSE Euronext, the European Climate Exchange, Eurex and the Chicago Board Options Exchange have ...

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M&A: Spectrum Demand Spurs Telco Deals

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Mobile telecom service providers are making a mad dash for broadband spectrum by acquiring competitors, in a modern-day version of the Oklahoma land rush of 1889. T-Mobile USA, owned ...

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Risk Management: Property Insurance

STUMBLING OFF THE BLOCKS By Dave Lenckus Investors are piling into rapidly growing markets such as Brazil and Argentina. Financing risk in such markets can be fraught with difficulty, but insurance options are available. Economic data shows ...

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Shining a Light on Insurers

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Joel Kranc In the wake of the Great Recession, the G20 nations tasked themselves with creating stronger regulatory guidelines for the banking sector that would, hopefully, prevent future meltdowns like the one seen in 2007-2008. Part ...

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Sibos Wrap: Key Discussions From Osaka

UNCHARTED WATERS By Denise Bedell At SWIFT’s annual Sibos conference in October, corporates were treated to a range of presentations on topics as diverse as reference data, BPOs and Asian treasury centers. The corporate stream at Sibos ...

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TCM: Cash Visibility And Control

A CONTROLLING INTEREST By Rebecca Brace Cash visibility and control keeps treasurers awake at night, but thanks to rising use of new standards and technology, attaining a clearer picture is becoming much easier. Controlling the company’s cash ...

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Cover: The Relevance Of Stock Exchanges

IDENTITY CRISIS By Udayan Gupta As stock exchanges worldwide try to figure out their role going forward in corporate equity and equity capital raising, companies are starting to question whether there is still value in a public listing. ...

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Debt: Central Banks Aid Corporate Rally

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Corporate debt issuance soared and yields on high-yield as well as investment-grade bonds fell to record lows in September after the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal Reserve ...

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DRs: Russia, Mexico Depositary Receipts

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, raised $5 billion in a secondary share sale in London and Moscow in September that had been delayed for more than a year because of unfavorable ...

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FX Supplement: FX Market Overview

FX EXCELS WHILE OTHER ASSETS FALTER By Gordon Platt The FX markets are evolving: Trade and currency internationalization, and the shift toward exchanges, will further this process. Foreign exchange has proven itself as a separate asset class ...