Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX: Dollar Looks Good Versus Euro
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The Japanese yen will hold its own as a safe-haven currency in...
China
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Global Salon: Ian Bremmer, Eurasia
NO HAND AT THE HELM By Paula Green As part of its Salon series, Global Finance sat down on January 11 with Ian Bremmer, president and founder of political risk analysis firm Eurasia Group, to discuss increasing geopolitical ...
Banking
Investment Banking In Asia
ASIA'S BANKS ON THE WAY UP By Michael Shari Asian investment banks are starting to edge out their top-ranking American and European competitors as global investors take risk off the table in Asia. China International Capital Corp ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A: China Three Gorges Wins EDP Bid
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt China Three Gorges, a state-owned company that operates the world's largest hydropower project, bought a 21% stake in EDP, Portugal's largest company and utility. The Chinese company also ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Rousseff Declares 2012 A New Era Of Prosperity For Brazil
NEWSMAKERS: BRAZIL By Antonio Guerrero Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, a former technocrat and Marxist activist, completed her first year in office on January 1 with a 72% approval rating. Rousseff: A pragmatist with no tolerance for corruption ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Special Report: BRICs
Shifting Trade Flows And The New Consumer By Dan Keeler Fast-growing trade between BRIC countries has been fueled by an expanding middle class. Western rivals face stiff local and regional competition in building emerging markets growth. A ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Stars of China Awards Ceremony 2011
DATE: NOVEMBER 15, 2011 LOCATION: RITZ CARLTON, BEIJING Global Finance hosted its annual Stars of China awards ceremony and dinner...
Features
World’s Best Internet Bank Awards Dinner 2011
DATE: NOVEMBER 3, 2011 LOCATION: HARVARD CLUB, NEW YORK Representatives of most of the first-round winners of The World’s Best...
Award Winners
Best Foreign Exchange Providers: Regional Winners
By Gordon Platt BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS: REGIONAL WINNERS NORTH AMERICA Citi Feig, Citi: We have invested in people and technology and are seeing our market share rise as a result As Citi prepares to celebrate its 200th anniversary in ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
DRs: New China Life Raises $1.9 Billion
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt New China Life Insurance raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering in Hong Kong and Shanghai in December, but it was forced to price the issue at the bottom of ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Environmental Risk Insurance
ENVIRONMENTAL INSURANCE: GLOBAL EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT By Anita Hawser Environmental risk insurers are offering more sophisticated solutions and a broader range of coverage amounts. A fire broke out at a chemical plant in Moerdijk, Netherlands, in January 2011. ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A: Anglo American Controls De Beers
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, gained a long-coveted majority stake in diamond mining company De Beers, in one of two M&A deals that the British firm ...