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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Bangladesh Angles For Foreign Investment

MILESTONES: BANGLADESH By Udayan Gupta Bangladesh is one of the more intriguing frontier market economies for foreign investors. In 2011 its GDP rose an estimated 6.3%. But a volatile political environment and an economy that is not immune to ...

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Best Banks For Cash Management

By Anita Hawser BEST BANK FOR CASH MANAGEMENT—GLOBAL WINNER Citi Citi has a strong track record of managing complex global mandates, which plays to its strengths and presence across hundreds of countries and currencies. It boasts an impressive client list ...

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Best Banks For Payments And Collections

By Anita Hawser BEST BANK FOR PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS NORTH AMERICA Wells Fargo As a leading Automated Clearing House originator and receiver, Wells Fargo has played an integral role in helping companies make the move from paper-based payments to ACH. ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

China And India Grapple With Skyscraper Building Bubbles

MILESTONES: CHINA/INDIA By Erik Heinrich China and India are in the midst of a skyscraper building boom that is radically transforming the skylines of its biggest cities and raising hubris to new heights. At present China is ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Country Report: Angola

LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES By Dan Keeler The improving economic and investment environment makes Angola a tempting target for foreign direct investors. But changes aimed at improving the business environment and building infrastructure must move forward before the country ...

Country Report

Country Report: Morocco

TURNING POINT By Michael Shari One of Africa's most vibrant economies is in the midst of a high-stakes political transition that will determine whether it continues on a path of reform or contends with the type of backlash that shook ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story: Global Elections 2012

ELECTION YEAR By Laurence Neville Numerous countries around the world are holding elections this year, which could create market uncertainty and hold back much-needed political decision-making—particularly in Europe. Unlike 2011, which was a year of "unknown unknowns," ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

DR News: Bancolombia Sells Follow-On ADRs

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt Bancolombia sold $267 million in ADRs in January in a follow-on offering to its domestic sale of $614 million in preferred shares. The bank said proceeds would go to lending and ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Editor’s Letter: Elections, Austerity And Uncertainty

In deciding to focus on elections worldwide for this month's cover story, we weren't just pondering their political implications and the relative uncertainty they occasion, we were also considering the global nature and impact of uncertainty in a single national election...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Ma Wins A Second Term In Tight Taiwanese Presidential Race

NEWSMAKERS: TAIWAN By Thomas Clouse Ma Ying-jeou will serve a second term as president of Taiwan after winning 51.6% of the vote in the January election, defeating his closest competitor, Tsai Ing-wen, by less than six percentage points. ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Regional Focus: Latin America

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE By Antonio Guerrero While neither Brazil nor Uruguay have any trade pacts aside from Mercosur, Chile and Mexico have many agreements in place. The two strategies have met with varying success. When ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Salon: James Rickards, Policy Weakness

SEEKING OUT VULNERABILITIES By Vanessa Drucker Global Finance sat down with James Rickards, senior managing partner at boutique alternative investment firm Tangent Capital Partners and author of Currency Wars: The Making Of The Next Global Crisis . ...