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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...
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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...
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MID YEAR SAFEST BANKS RANKINGS – 2009
RANKING BANK COUNTRY 1 KfW Germany 2 Caisse des Dpots et Consignations (CDC) France 3 Bank Nederlands Gemeenten (BNG) Netherlands...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Bailouts Cushion Decline In 2008 Global Mergers
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS The volume of worldwide mergers and acquisitions fell 30% last year compared with 2007, but the decline in announced deals would have been even larger without the government bailouts of financial institutions, which represented a ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan Gives Dollar Strong Start To 2009 On Hopes Us Will Recover First
FOREIGN EXCHANGE The dollar rose in early January, as investors weighed the likely effects of president-elect Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan and as analysts said the United States could be the first major economy to recover from the ...
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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, ...
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Features : World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2009
BEST FX PROVIDERS Global Finance selects the leaders in the world’s biggest financial market. The foreign exchange market has continued to thrive throughout the global financial crisis, providing some welcome profits for beleaguered financial institutions. Average daily turnover has ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Dollar Shoots Higher Amid Financial Crisis
FOREIGN EXCHANGE The dollar will resume its remarkable comeback as slumping economies around the world trigger rising credit defaults and usher in a new flight to safety, currency analysts say. “Developments in the credit and equity markets will ...
News
Newsmakers : Aso Bursts Onto World Stage As Recession Hits Home
JAPAN Japanese PM Taro Aso lends a hand in economic recovery. Japanese prime minister Taro Aso may have had his 15 minutes of fame at the Group of 20 summit meeting in Washington last month. With the United ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Credit Crunch And A Slowing Economy Crimp Worldwide Buyout Activity, Putting Strategic Buyers In Control
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Worldwide announced mergers and acquisitions in the first three quarters of 2008 declined by 25% from the same period a year earlier, according to Thomson Reuters, reflecting the effects of the credit crunch ...
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Corporate Finance : Stronger Dollar Will Take Bite Out Of Overseas Earnings For Us-based Multinationals
FOREIGN EXCHANGE Get ready for some unpleasant surprises on the earnings front as a result of the dollar’s sudden recovery from a record low of $1.60 against the euro in mid-July. By early last month the euro ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : China In Olympian Bid For Global Respect
China opened the 29th Olympic Summer Games in Beijing on August 8 with a ceremony incorporating 15,000 performers and 29,000 fireworks shells and attended by US president George Bush, French president Nicolas Sarkozy and other world leaders. China spent a ...