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Editor’s Letter: BRIC By BRIC
The outgoing president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, recently made a statement that we consider particularly relevant to our readers...
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EM News: EM Portfolio Flows Lose Steam
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt Strong investor flows into emerging markets funds at the beginning of 2012 have since moderated but not reversed. Analysts say the slower pace of inflows is more sustainable and is not a cause ...
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FX: Dollar Favored Over Euro, Yen
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE ByGordon Platt The dollar rose sharply last month after the Federal Open Market Committees meeting...
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Gold Starts Paying Unique Dividends
MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Valentina Pasquali Over the past few years markets have experienced declining trust in fiat money, a slow departure from the US dollar as a reserve currency and growing interest in bullion, particularly as a hedge against ...
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M&A: Glencore Targets Viterra
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Switzerland’s Glencore International, the world’s largest commodities trader, agreed to acquire Canada’s biggest grain trader, Viterra, for C$16 a share ($16.05)—which values the company at $6 billion—in a deal that ...
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Special Report: Renminbi Trading
A DIM SUM BANQUET By Arthur Clennam The offshore renminbi market has been growing rapidly, but its character is changing. Were it a new model car, the market for offshore renminbi trading might be dubbed the “Inexorable”—but ...
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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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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 ...