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BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2009
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BEST INTERNET BANKS IN LATIN AMERICA 2009
NEW YORK, July 21, 2009 Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the World’s Best Internet Banks competition...
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BEST SUB-CUSTODIANS – 2009
NEW YORK, May 12, 2009 Global Finance magazine has released its seventh annual ranking of the Best Sub-Custodians. This exclusive...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Features: The Lure Of Foreign Shares
Banks have created 1,400 new unsponsored ADR programs to meet-and hopefully generate-growing demand, particularly from investors in separately managed accounts. By Gordon Platt The long drought in initial public offerings has slowed the pace of raising capital ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance: Big Emerging Market Mergers Create World-scale Competitors
Mergers & Acquisitions BY GORDON PLATT Two of Brazil's biggest food companies, Perdigão and Sadia, plan to merge in a stock-swap transaction that will create a multinational food company with annual sales of $10.6 billion. The new company, ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets: Egyptian Auto Group Trades In Ny And London
DR NEWS By Gordon Platt Cairo-based GB Auto, Egypt's largest listed automaker, auto assembler and distributor, issued global depositary receipts that trade in the New York and London over-the-counter markets. It issued the GDRs without a capital increase. ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets: Lack Of Disclosure Worries Emerging Markets Investors
NEWS By Gordon Platt The biggest challenge of investing in emerging markets is a lack of disclosure on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues, according to a global survey of 67 major investors that support sustainability in ...
Country Report
Features: Country Report – Portugal
LESS PAIN, MORE GAIN Portugal's pre-credit crunch party was not as wild as that of many other countries, and its hangover should be much less severe as a result. By Adam Rombel You do not have to ...
Banking
Features: Profiting From Prudence
Despite a recent drop in profits amid the country's economic slowdown, Brazilian banks are poised for long-term growth. By Antonio Guerrero Amid a turbulent global market, Brazil's banking and financial sector is proving remarkably resilient. A stringent regulatory environment, strong ...
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Features: World’s Best Sub-custodians
SUB-CUSTODIANS TACKLE NEW CHALLENGES Global Finance selects the leading providers of the specialized services that make cross-border investing possible. By Gordon Platt Global custodians and money managers are putting their sub-custodians under the microscope in the wake ...
Banking
Central Bankers Report Cards 2008
CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARDS 2008 ANNUAL SURVEY/ CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARDS Contributors: Antonio Guerrero, Anita Hawser and Gordon Platt History...
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BEST INVESTMENT BANKS – 2009
The clouds parted over the investment banking business in the first quarter of this year amid some hope that a...