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High-Yield Debt Has Record Half

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt The volume of global corporate high-yield debt issues in the first half of 2010 set an all-time record for any six-month period, according to Thomson Reuters. The total of ...

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Lower Volatility Spurs Carry Trade

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS - FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The Federal Reserve is likely to keep US interest rates at record lows well into next year, enabling global investors to borrow dollars for a song and invest in ...

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Top Firms Spurn Bank Finance

EUROPE By Anita Hawser No thank you: Companies reject costly bank loans Investment-grade companies are shunning bank lending and opting instead for the bond markets in order to raise financing, a report by Fitch Ratings says. Based on ...

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Turbulence Indices Provide Risk Insight

GLOBAL By Anita Hawser State Street’s Will Kinlaw Stress testing risk models and investment portfolios for extreme market events has certainly come into vogue in the wake of the financial crisis. Banks’ risk models were criticized for focusing ...

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Treasury & Cash Management Guide 2010

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WORLD’S BEST SUPPLY CHAIN PROVIDERS 2010

Global Finance names the World’s Best Supply Chain Finance Providers 2010 NEW YORK, May 19, 2010 Global Finance magazine (www.gfmag.com)...

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Treasury & Cash Management Awards

Awards Ceremony New York City In late April, over 50 people came to the New York Harvard Club to celebrate the winners of Global Finance's seventh annual Best Treasury & Cash Management Awards. Cash management banks maintain that ...

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Slow Take-Off

READERS' CHOICE AWARDS By Paula L. Green Best Hotels & Airlines Business travel is slowly recovering from a recession-induced slump. The corporate clampdown on travel budgets that began during the global recession is gradually easing, and ...

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Airline And Telecom Mergers Heat Up

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Consolidation in the US airline and global telecom industries has kept merger activity going in the past few months. The proposed merger of United Airlines, based in Chicago, ...

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Best Supply Chain Finance Providers 2010

ANNUAL SURVEY —BEST SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE PROVIDERS 2010 Joining The Chain Gang By Anita Hawser The leading players in the supply chain finance business demonstrate the benefits of innovation and commitment to a growing market. A ...

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Euro Bounces Back From Four-Year Low But Remains Fragile

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The euro fell to a four-year low in early June, dropping to within a whisker of its 1999 introductory rate of $1.18, before suddenly bouncing higher in thin ...

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Europe’s Sovereign Debt Crisis Casts Dark Shadow Over High-Yield Bonds

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Europe's seemingly intractable sovereign debt crisis has triggered a flight to safety among investors, who are shunning bonds of lower-rated companies despite some very attractive yields in a ...