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Asia’s Banks Take The Lead

EM REGIONAL BANKING FOCUS: ASIA By Michael Shari A consistent focus on traditional-style banking has enabled Asia's financial giants to emerge from the recent crisis in fine fettle. On any given day at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Corporate Debt

CORPORATE DEBT ISSUANCE STAYS STRONG, BUT RISK PREMIUMS RISE SHARPLY By Gordon Platt While the Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise interest rates significantly this year in light of high US unemployment and subdued inflation, the long-running rally ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Foreign Exchange

EUROPE’S DEBT PANIC BRINGS DOWN EURO, SPURS DOLLAR RALLY By Gordon Platt Weakness in the euro is contributing to the...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Global Equity/DRs

EMERGING MARKETS LEAD DR ISSUANCE By Gordon Platt Companies from emerging markets established 57 new depositary receipt programs in 2009, more than half of the year's total worldwide, according to an analysis by BNY Mellon. China-based issuers led ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: M&A

LATIN AMERICA TAKES MERGER SPOTLIGHT By Gordon Platt Mergers in Mexico and Brazil that will create strong regional and global competitors in a number of industries overshadowed a dormant M&A; market in the United States in January. ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Country Focus: Peru

SECOND ACT By Antonio Guerrero In his second term, Peru’s president Alan Garcia is making amends for the shambles he left his country in after his first term. Peruvian president Alan Garcia is leading one of the ...

Country Report

Country Report: Turkey

STAYING THE COURSE By Gordon Platt Turkey has bounced back from a sharp economic contraction to become one of the region’s best performers. Its prospects are brighter than ever. Turkey's constitutional referendum last month gave a boost ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Currency Affairs

A cursory glance through the pages of this month's issue would suggest there is much cause for celebration...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Brazil

ROUNDUP By Antonio Guerrero With Brazil's economy expected to grow at around 7% this year and borrowing costs declining, Brazilian companies are seeking financing for their expansion plans. MMX, a leading metals and mining company, hopes to raise ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: China

ROUNDUP By Thomas Clouse The real deal: Insurers now have the chance to invest China's most recent economic figures show policymakers' efforts to reign in the property market without derailing the country's economic recovery are achieving mixed results. ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Chinese Firm’s ADRs Trade On OTC International

Investor: DR News By Gordon Platt Shandong Luoxin Pharmacy Stock Company has become the first China-based firm to trade American depositary receipts (ADRs) on the over-the-counter market’s premier platform, OTCQX International. Based in Linyi City in the eastern ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: LLX Logística/Brazil Brazilian Port Attracts Chinese Auto And Steel Firms

Investor: Company to watch By Gordon Platt LLX Logística was created in 2007 by Eike Batista-controlled EBX Group to build three large private ports serving southeastern Brazil, a region that accounts for more than 75% of the country’s ...