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DRs: Capital Raisings Nearly Triple

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Capital raisings using depositary receipts (DRs) nearly tripled in the first half of 2011, compared to the same period a year earlier, while DR trading volume and the number of ...

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FX: Euro Rebounds As EFSF Expands

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The EU summit in July not only reached agreement on a second...

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M&A: Energy, Power Light Up Global M&A

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt The energy and power sector was the most active for worldwide mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2011 as the value of global deals of all types ...

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Preparing For Basel III

COVER STORY: MISSING PIECES By Michael Shari Corporations are adding up the costs—and looking at alternatives to increasingly expensive banking services. It would be hard to find a multinational corporation with a firmer grip on the intricacies ...

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Special Report: Equity Derivatives

FOCUS:TRADING SHIFTS TO EXCHANGES By Gordon Platt New rules to reduce systemic derivatives market risk and increase transparency are still...

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US Treasury Department Going Paperless

MILESTONES: UNITED STATES By Anita Hawser There is nothing quite like the threat of a debt default and a whopping budget deficit to focus policymakers’ minds on cutting costs. E–invoicing to reduce Treasury costs In an effort to ...

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Awards: Best In Supply Chain Finance

ANNUAL SURVEY: SUPPORTING ROLE By Anita Hawser Banks and nonbanks are driving steady growth in both the volume and the sophistication of supply chain finance. The global financial crisis provided a “light bulb” moment for many buyers ...

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Debt: Rapid Pace Of High-Yield Issuance

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS / CORPORATE DEBT by Gordon Platt The high-yield bond market felt the spillover effects in early June from a steep decline in prices of bonds backed by subprime mortgages, but US-based companies continue to tap ...

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Dim Sum Best Served At Low Rates

COVER STORY — RENMINBI RISING By Michael Shari Multinationals are positioning themselves to capture lucrative gains from the internationalization of China’s currency. When McDonald’s became the first non-Chinese corporation that was allowed to issue a bond denominated ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: Capital Raisings Nearly Triple

FX: Euro Rebounds As EFSF Expands

M&A: Energy, Power Light Up Global M&A

Preparing For Basel III

Special Report: Equity Derivatives

US Treasury Department Going Paperless

Awards: Best In Supply Chain Finance

Debt: Rapid Pace Of High-Yield Issuance

Dim Sum Best Served At Low Rates

DRs: Disclosures Hurt Chinese Firms

FX: Greek Contagion Risk On Euro

M&A: Cash-Rich Firms Drive M&A