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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Resource-Rich Myanmar Open For Investment

MILESTONES: MYANMAR By Thomas Clouse Preparing to chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2014, Myanmar is also opening its doors to foreign investment. A new dawn breaks in Myanmar, which is open for business Leaders from ASEAN’s ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Sector Report: Real Estate Finance

REAL ESTATE FINANCING: NEW AVENUES By Vanessa Drucker Real estate projects are getting capital injections from new and diverse sources as traditional bank lending dries up. Banks around the world have become skittish about lending. Although central ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Special Report: Infrastructure Finance

NEW HORIZONS By Solomon Teague Regulation is making it harder for banks to lend to infrastructure projects. New types and sources of funding will be needed to handle a wave of infrastructure development now under way—particularly in the ...

Award Ceremonies and Events

Stars of China Awards Ceremony

AWARDS CEREMONY : LOCATION BEIJING China’s Bright Lights Global Finance hosted its annual Stars of China awards ceremony and dinner in Beijing in November. Banks and companies were honored for their outstanding performance over the past year. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

WORLD’S BEST TRADE FINANCE BANKS 2012

Global Finance names the World’s Best Trade Finance Banks 2012 NEW YORK, December 16, 2011 Global Finance magazine ( GFmag.com...

Award Winners

Best Derivatives Providers 2011

ANNUAL SURVEY AND AWARDS By Michael Shari Counterparty risk trumps pricing as criteria for picking derivative providers. Wall Street is retaking market share from European rivals Never underestimate the sleight of hand with which the fast-paced derivatives ...

Award Ceremonies and Events

Best Internet Banks Awards Ceremony

AWARDS CEREMONY: LOCATION NEW YORK CITY Representatives of most of the first-round winners of The World’s Best Internet Banks awards joined Global Finance on November 3 at the Harvard Club in New York City for the ninth annual Best ...

Editor's Letter

Between Aid And Contagion

Who would have predicted that the Europeans would try to get financial support from China, Portugal would try to get investment from Brazil, French banks could try for funding from Russia, or that the US administration would criticize the “lack of action” in Europe as a way to divert attention from its own problems?

Award Winners

Biggest Emerging Markets Banks 2011

CHINA’S BIG FOOTPRINT By Andrew Cunningham Global Finance presents its annual listing of the biggest banks in the emerging markets. When it comes to asset size, the dominance of Chinese banks in emerging markets is hard to ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EM News: BRIC Exchanges Announce Alliance

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt Stock exchanges in the BRIC countries, plus South Africa, plan to cross-list equity index derivatives as the first phase of a joint initiative announced at the annual meeting of the World ...

Banking

EM Regional Review: Africa

AT A CROSSROADS By Jonathan Gregson Africa is at the cusp of major change. Whether that change involves greater economic growth and an improved standard of living depends on both internal and external events over the next few years. ...

Banking

EM Regional Review: Asia

WAITING GAME By Anita Hawser Asia is watching closely to see what happens to the West's buckling economies. However, intraregional trade growth and ever-increasing trade between the emerging markets will help cushion any impact. Much of the world’s ...