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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : IMF Seeks To Buff Up Tarnished Image

UNITED STATES IMF: Many view it as responsible for causing, not reducing, poverty. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not likely to win any popularity contests anywhere in the world these days. Emerging market governments have been ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Way Cleared For Jacob Zuma To Run For President

SOUTH AFRICA Zuma: Election victory all but assured after charges are dropped. South Africa’s High Court last month dropped all corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, president of the African National Congress (ANC). Although the decision was based ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Global Ipo Activity Falters, With Fewer, But Larger, Issues Focused On Emerging Markets

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS Strange as it may seem, there have been bigger initial public offerings since the credit crunch hit, but fewer of them. Global IPO activity reached an all-time high of $287 billion in proceeds in 2007 but ...

Banking

Emerging Markets : Banks Seek Growth After Profits Slide

BRAZIL Digging in: Brazilian miner Vale is investing heavily. After several years of steady profit growth, Brazil’s banking sector reported a slowdown in second-quarter 2008. Bradesco, Brazil’s largest non-state bank by assets, posted a 13% drop in second-quarter ...

Award Winners

Features : World’s Best Investment Banks 2008

ANNUAL SURVEY The past 12 months have been some of the most difficult ever for investment banks, but many institutions continue to provide outstanding services to their clients. Investment banks are still writing ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : Rating Downgrade Bucks Local Trend

ARGENTINA Don't cry for me: Kirchner's woes deepen as inflation accelerates. While Peru and Brazil crossed the investment-grade threshold this year, Argentina is moving in the opposite direction. Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded Argentina’s foreign and local long-term ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TCM Guide : “Who’s Who” In Treasury And Cash Management

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT 2008 Robert Allen Group Treasurer British American Tobacco Robert Allen, appointed group treasurer effective this past June, replaces David Swann, who has now retired. Based in London, Allen works with a team of 20 professionals ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : JPMorgan Adds Dr Staff In Latin America, Asia

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS JPMorgan has added new depositary receipt specialists in Argentina, Brazil and Singapore to assist the growing number of companies in these countries that want to have their equity traded on exchanges outside their home markets. The ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Brazil

Milestones : IMF Seeks To Buff Up Tarnished Image

Newsmakers : Way Cleared For Jacob Zuma To Run For President

Corporate Finance : Global Ipo Activity Falters, With Fewer, But Larger, Issues Focused On Emerging Markets

Emerging Markets : Banks Seek Growth After Profits Slide

Features : World’s Best Investment Banks 2008

Milestones : Rating Downgrade Bucks Local Trend

TCM Guide : “Who’s Who” In Treasury And Cash Management

Corporate Finance : JPMorgan Adds Dr Staff In Latin America, Asia

Emerging Markets : Soaring Surplus Channeled Into Wealth Fund

Emerging Markets : Brazil Makes The Grade

Emerging Markets : Acquisition Crumbles

Emerging Markets : Company To Watch: Ecopetrol/Colombia