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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX: Positive US Economy Boosts Dollar

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt A batch of better-than-expected US economic data, including nonfarm payrolls and housing prices, gave the dollar a lift last month. Analysts said the signs of strength diminished the need ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Risk Management: Property Insurance

STUMBLING OFF THE BLOCKS By Dave Lenckus Investors are piling into rapidly growing markets such as Brazil and Argentina. Financing risk in such markets can be fraught with difficulty, but insurance options are available. Economic data shows ...

News

Salon: David Kirkpatrick, Techonomy

ERADICATING THE HIERARCHY By Vanessa Drucker In this month’s Salon, Global Finance sits down with David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect. As founder and CEO of Techonomy, he hosts conferences that illuminate the growing connection between technology, ...

Banking

Sibos Wrap: Key Discussions From Osaka

UNCHARTED WATERS By Denise Bedell At SWIFT’s annual Sibos conference in October, corporates were treated to a range of presentations on topics as diverse as reference data, BPOs and Asian treasury centers. The corporate stream at Sibos ...

Award Winners

World’s BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS 2013

Global Finance names the World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2013 NEW YORK, November 27, 2012 Global Finance magazine has named...

Award Winners

SAFEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS IN LATIN AMERICA 2012

GLOBAL FINANCE names the Safest Emerging Market Banks 2012 in Latin America NEW YORK, November 6, 2012 Global Finance magazine...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover: The Relevance Of Stock Exchanges

IDENTITY CRISIS By Udayan Gupta As stock exchanges worldwide try to figure out their role going forward in corporate equity and equity capital raising, companies are starting to question whether there is still value in a public listing. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: Russia, Mexico Depositary Receipts

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, raised $5 billion in a secondary share sale in London and Moscow in September that had been delayed for more than a year because of unfavorable ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: The Renminbi As A Reserve Currency

THE RENMINBI GOES GLOBAL By Gordon Platt Pressure from BRIC countries for a new international reserve currency to replace the dollar is growing. China, the world’s leading trading nation, would like to reap some of the benefits ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Who’s Who In Foreign Exchange

WHO’S WHO By Gordon Platt Global Finance ’s annual list of Who’s Who in Foreign Exchange Mohamed El Aroussi Arab African International Bank Chief dealer and head of FX desk El Aroussi, chief dealer at Arab ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Latin America: Brazilian Protectionism

BARRIERS TO ENTRY By Antonio Guerrero Though its economic growth may be stalling, Brazil is still an attractive destination for investors. But the recent imposition of tariffs on certain imports has sparked an international ruckus. For several ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Latin America: Rise Of The Mexican Jaguar

RISE OF THE “JAGUAR” By Antonio Guerrero Mexico’s new business-friendly president has promised to open up state-owned oil companies to private investment. If so, Mexico could overtake Brazil as the region’s largest economy within a decade. Photo ...