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Better Climate May Trigger Listing Boom

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRs By Matt Greco A hot start to the year is suggesting that equity markets worldwide may be setting the stage for a return to a 2007- like frenzy during which they entertain all ...

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Derivatives Show Change In Sentiment

ANALYSIS: INTEREST-RATE AND EQUITY DERIVATIVES By Michael Shari Investors and corporations are revamping their derivatives strategies as they prepare for a resurgence of inflation. At the beginning of the year, investment bankers noticed that institutional investors, hedge ...

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Exchange Deals Dominate M&A Landscape

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Denise Bedell The early months of 2011 have seen a flurry of new M&A; transactions announced across a range of sectors and industries, but it is the announced transactions for stock ...

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FX: Concerns Linger After Currency War

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Matt Greco Things may not look quite as bleak as they did a couple of months ago when there was talk—however irresponsible—of currency wars as trade war by other means, but international ...

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Global: Pushing For Mainstream Sustainability Reporting

NEWSMAKERS: GLOBAL By Anita Hawser Ligteringen: “Measure what you need to manage” “We are urging all companies to look systematically at their environmental,social and economic results,” says Ernst Ligteringen, CEO of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which provides ...

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US Growth Boosts High-Yield’s Appeal

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Matt Greco The European sovereign and related bank debt crises should have only a minimal effect on the high-yield market in 2011. The main reason: About 85% of the market still ...

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Awards: Treasury & Cash Management

ANNUAL SURVEY: CASH CONTROL By Anita Hawser In a reflection of the changes taking place in the global economy, new battle lines are being drawn by the global cash management banks, particularly in regions like Asia and Africa. ...

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Best Trade Finance Banks 2011

TRADE FORECAST: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF PROTECTIONISM By Gordon Platt Bankers are optimistic that financing will be available to support projected growth in world trade, but regulatory change and currency wars have them on edge. Trade ...

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Debt: High-Yield Credit Quality Rises

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Denise Bedell After a record year, and four months hovering at around $30 billon in monthly issuance volumes, US high-yield debt issuance declined in December to $21 billion, according to data ...

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DRs: IPOs Smash Quarterly Record

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Denise Bedell It was a benchmark year for the global IPO markets, in more ways than one. In the last quarter of 2010, IPOs broke records in terms of issuance ...

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FX: Dollar Still Main Reserve Currency

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Denise Bedell Contrary to some analysts' expectations, developing countries continue to view the US dollar as the reserve currency of choice, as evidenced by newly allocated official reserves of developing countries—even in ...

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M&A: M&A Funding – Not All Cash

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Denise Bedell While much has been said about the hoards of cash that companies are holding on their balance sheets, companies are likely to use a blend of financing options, ...