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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Brazil

Brazilian oil giant Petrobras will use debt issuance to finance new offshore exploration. The Petrobras state-controlled oil company sold $1.5 billion of 10-year bonds on international markets in February. The deal, which carries a 7.875% coupon, was managed by HSBC, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets :Latin American P/ES Hit Record Lows

NEWS Investors are able to buy shares in fundamentally strong companies in Latin America at record low price/earnings ratios after a sell-off in recent months triggered by falling commodity prices, according to Auerbach Grayson, a New York-based brokerage firm that ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: Brazil

Brazil's air force is helping finance Embraer's $500 million development program for a new military transport plane Following Brazil’s recent credit boom, banks are starting to face increased customer arrears. A research report from BB Investimentos, a division of Banco ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones : Banks And Multilaterals Step In To Boost Trade

BRAZIL Brazil’s central bank: Attempting to boost banks’ trade finance lines With commodity prices plummeting from last year’s highs, Latin American governments are seeking ways to support their trade sectors as part of their economic stimulus plans. Strong ...

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BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2008

REGIONAL WINNER Standard Bank COUNTRY WINNER Angola BES Angola Botswana Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Cote dIvoire Ecobank Ethiopia NIB International...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE BANKS – 2008

CATEGORY SUB-CATEGORY WINNER GLOBAL WINNER Deutsche Bank REGIONAL WINNER North America Citi Latin America Citi Western Europe Deutsche Bank Honorable...

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BEST INVESTMENT BANKS – 2008

New York, July 7, 2008 Global Finance announces its selection of the Worlds Best Investment Banks 2008 to be published...

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BEST SUB-CUSTODIANS – 2008

Global Finance magazine has released its sixth annual ranking of the Best Sub-Custodians. This exclusive survey will be published in...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BEST TRADE FINANCE PROVIDERS – 2008

CATEGORY SUB-CATEGORY WINNER REGIONAL WINNER Americas Citi Europe BNP Paribas CEE UniCredit Nordic Region SEB Middle East Arab Bank Asia...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Brazilian Mall Operator Upgrades Restricted ADRs

DR NEWS Seeking to raise its profile with international investors, BRMalls, Brazil’s largest shopping mall operator, upgraded its restricted American depositary receipt program to a Level I facility sponsored by J.P. Morgan. Rio de Janeiro-based BRMalls offers an opportunity for ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Investors Return To Em Bond Funds

NEWS With US treasury bonds offering paltry rates of return, investors are taking a closer look at emerging market debt as a way to pick up an additional 600 basis points or more of yield. EM bond funds ...

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Features: World’s best trade finance banks 2009

ANNUAL SURVEY / BEST TRADE FINANCE BANKS Trade finance banks are enjoying rising demand for basic risk management services as world trade faces a difficult period. Global trade is expected to decline in 2009 for the first time since 1982, ...