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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Mergers & Acquisitions

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS CORPORATE FINANCE FOCUS CHINA AND INDIA'S COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES CAUSING RISE IN CROSS-BORDER ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Mergers and acquisitions in emerging markets are heating up, and China and ...

News

Obama Administration Continues Export Drive

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES Obama Administration Continues Export Drive By Denise Bedell Gregoire: Coordinating efforts on export promotion The Obama administration has set a goal of doubling US exports in the next five years and announced the development ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Latin American Online Marketplace Growing Fast

Investor: Company to Watch MercadoLibre / Argentina By Gordon Platt MercadoLibre, the largest online marketplace in Latin America, has more than 43 million registered users. The Buenos Aires-based ecommerce provider has been growing so rapidly that it regularly ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Russian Steel Pipe Firm Upgrades ADR Program

Investor: DR News By Gordon Platt The largest Russia-based manufacturer of steel pipes for the oil and gas industry, TMK, upgraded its over-the-counter American depositary receipt (ADR) program to the OTCQX International premier platform. It is the third ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Exchange-Traded Derivatives

DERIVED VALUE Global Finance brings together a group of industry leaders to discuss the prospects for the exchange-traded derivatives market. Moderated by Joseph Giarraputo Global Finance: The global financial system has come through a near-death experience. ...

Award Winners

Features: Awards Best Emerging Market Banks 2010 Africa

AFRICA By Gordon Platt REGIONAL WINNER: Standard Chartered Bank Standard Chartered Bank's earnings from its African operations rose 54% last year to $482 million. The London-based emerging markets bank receives 90% of its income and profits from Asia, ...

Award Winners

Features: Awards Best Emerging Market Banks 2010 Latin America

LATIN AMERICA by Antonio Guerrero REGIONAL WINNER: Banco Santander Brazil continues to shine as the jewel in Santander's crown, helping the Spanish bank consolidate its position as Latin America's premier financial group. Santander Brasil set a benchmark in ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Hitting a Wall of Debt

COVER STORY: CORPORATE DEBT A gargantuan wall of debt coming due over the next few years could impede all but the highest-rated corporations’ efforts to refinance their debt. By Jonathan Gregson Just as the United States and ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Latin America Takes a Right Turn

RIGHT TURN A rash of recent elections in Latin America has produced a marked swing to the political right. The region's new leaders are trying to strike a delicate balance as they attempt to build on their leftist predecessors' ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Nectar Lifesciences’ GDR Raises Funds For Expansion

Investor: DR News By Gordon Platt Nectar Lifesciences, based in Chandigarh, India, makes active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), generic drugs and phytochemicals, such as mint derivatives, including menthol. In order to expand its generic pharmaceutical business and build new ...

Data

Global Economic Indicators: Key Sources and Links

Global Finance’s selection of the best links to authoritative sources of global economic statistics, indicators and data. INTERNATIONAL SOURCES FOR GLOBAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS IMF – International Monetary Fund: Homepage Data and Statistics World Economic Outlook database on selected macroeconomic ...

Award Winners

BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS LATIN AMERICA 2010

Global Finance names the 2010 World’s Best Emerging Market Banks in Latin America NEW YORK, March 23, 2010 — Global...