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Trade Flows Little-Affected By Japan-China Dispute
Trade flows between China and Japan have notyetbeen materially affected by an ongoing territorial dispute, according to Sibos attendees. John...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Turkey: Still An Investment Darling
TURKISH DELIGHT By Justin Keay Turkey's economy is one of the few in Europe experiencing positive growth, but as the pace of economic reform slows and a rising current-account deficit looms, pundits are beginning to ask, has complacency ...
Banking
Africa: Growth Of Pan-African Banks
BANKING ON AFRICA By Erik Heinrich A continent-wide boom is shaping a new breed of pan-African lenders. The future has never looked brighter for sub-Saharan Africa. Many of its economies are expanding at annual rates of 6% ...
Banking
Africa: Oil & Gas
DIFFFICULT CHOICES By Antonio Guerrero African oil producers stand to benefit from continued sanctions on Iranian oil exports. But their path is not without challenges. As the US and EU tighten the screws on Iran, imposing sanctions ...
Award Winners
Awards: World’s Biggest Banks 2012
ANNUAL SURVEY: The Big Get Bigger By Andrew Cunningham Global Finance presents the World’s Biggest Banks. Total assets are once again growing. The world’s 50 biggest banks notched up assets of $65,956 billion at the end of ...
Award Winners
Awards: World’s Safest Banks 2012
ANNUAL SURVEY: DOWN, BUT NOT OUT By Andrew Cunningham Global Finance presents it annual ranking of The World’s Safest Banks. European banks still account for 20 of the World’s Safest 50 Banks, but Europe’s hold on the ...
Banking
Central Banker Report Cards 2012: Asia-Pacific
By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser ASIA-PACIFIC AUSTRALIA Glenn Stevens Grade: A Stevens has his hands full managing an economy with booming mining and financial sectors and weakness elsewhere. So far, he has managed to keep the overall ...
Banking
Central Banker Report Cards 2012: The Americas
By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser The Americas ARGENTINA Mercedes Marcó del Pont Grade: D Marcó del Pont has focused much of her efforts over the past year on imposing draconian foreign exchange restrictions. Controls began after last ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
DRs: Santander Mexico IPO Sets Record
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY / DRS By Gordon Platt Santander, the eurozone’s biggest bank by market value, said it would issue up to $4.3 billion of shares in an initial public offering of up to 24.9% of its ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A: Strong Showing For Tech, EM Deals
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Despite a decline in global mergers and acquisitions valuations in the first half of 2012, a recent uptick in technology and Asia-Pacific deal values provides some hope for a revival ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
New YPF Chief Has His Work Cut Out For Him
NEWSMAKERS: ARGENTINA Miguel Galuccio is very busy these days. The new CEO of Argentine firm YPF is discussing possible joint ventures with Chevron, Gazprom and the Argentine firm Bridas—partially owned by China's CNOOC. YPF aims to restore ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Salon: Robert Brusca, FAO Economics
ECONOMIC CHEMOTHERAPY By Udayan Gupta Global Finance sat down with economist Robert Brusca, head of consultancy FAO Economics, to discuss the global outlook, the future of Greece and the problem with current-account surpluses and deficits. Brusca has been ...