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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Sector Report: Commodities

COMMODITIES TEST THE BORDERS OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE By Michael Shari Commodity producers are turning to specialized banks that are willing to take multiple layers of risk in private deals. Great ideas are born at times like these. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Sector Report: Real Estate Finance

REAL ESTATE FINANCING: NEW AVENUES By Vanessa Drucker Real estate projects are getting capital injections from new and diverse sources as traditional bank lending dries up. Banks around the world have become skittish about lending. Although central ...

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Seeking Alternatives

COVER STORY: ALTERNATIVE FINANCING By Laurence Neville Small and medium-size companies are vital to economic growth and critical to corporate supply chains. Yet traditional lending is virtually closed to SMEs in most markets—certainly in developed markets of the West. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Special Report: Infrastructure Finance

NEW HORIZONS By Solomon Teague Regulation is making it harder for banks to lend to infrastructure projects. New types and sources of funding will be needed to handle a wave of infrastructure development now under way—particularly in the ...
AWARDS CEREMONY : LOCATION BEIJING China’s Bright Lights Global Finance hosted its annual Stars of China awards ceremony and dinner in Beijing in November. Banks and companies were honored for their outstanding performance over the past year. ...

Award Ceremonies and Events

Stars of China Awards Ceremony

AWARDS CEREMONY : LOCATION BEIJING China’s Bright Lights Global Finance hosted its annual Stars of China awards ceremony and dinner in Beijing in November. Banks and companies were honored for their outstanding performance over the past year. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Asian Companies Ripe For Investment

MILESTONES: SINGAPORE / INDONESIA By Gordon Platt After portfolio managers removed tens of billions of dollars from Asian equity markets during the sell-off in early autumn, corporate valuations are now highly attractive in some industries and sectors. Photo ...

Award Winners

Best Derivatives Providers 2011

ANNUAL SURVEY AND AWARDS By Michael Shari Counterparty risk trumps pricing as criteria for picking derivative providers. Wall Street is retaking market share from European rivals Never underestimate the sleight of hand with which the fast-paced derivatives ...

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Debt: Yields Bring In Investors

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt With market yields nearing 10%, investors rushed back into the high-yield corporate bond market in mid-October to take advantage of low prices and spreads to Treasury bonds of 900 basis ...

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DR News: Unsponsored DRs Abound Amid Lack Of New Issues

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt The market for new sponsored depositary receipt programs for companies in emerging markets has dried up since the equity market turmoil in August, but there has continued to be a steady ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EM News: BRIC Exchanges Announce Alliance

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt Stock exchanges in the BRIC countries, plus South Africa, plan to cross-list equity index derivatives as the first phase of a joint initiative announced at the annual meeting of the World ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EM Regional Review: Latin America

PREPARING FOR THE WORST By Antonio Guerrero Latin American countries are starting to build reserves and diversify economies to brace for a possible global downturn. The question is whether it will be enough to protect the export-driven ...
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