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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: The Lure Of Foreign Shares

Banks have created 1,400 new unsponsored ADR programs to meet-and hopefully generate-growing demand, particularly from investors in separately managed accounts. By Gordon Platt The long drought in initial public offerings has slowed the pace of raising capital ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones: Credit Crunch Fallout Hits Weakest Nations Hardest

Global By Gordon Platt Raw deal: The poorest will suffer the most The low-income developing countries with little prospect of repaying loans are in the greatest need of help as a result of damage from the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones: Uk Tops Foreign Direct Investment League Table

United Kingdom By Anita Hawser London calling: Investors’ faith in the UK is growing The largest investor in the UK remained the United States, which increased its investment by 30% on 2007-2008 levels. The US accounted for ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Big Emerging Market Mergers Create World-scale Competitors

Mergers & Acquisitions BY GORDON PLATT Two of Brazil's biggest food companies, Perdigão and Sadia, plan to merge in a stock-swap transaction that will create a multinational food company with annual sales of $10.6 billion. The new company, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Dollar Bulls Hope Fed Aces Policy Transition

Foreign Exchange BY GORDON PLATT Signs that the US economy is bottoming out and hopes that the Federal Reserve will deftly handle the transition to a less accommodative monetary policy are boosting the dollar, analysts say. They say ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story: The Power Of Hope

President Obama's determination to do "whatever it takes" to rebuild the economy appears to be paying off. But it is his actions across the whole range of policy initiatives that will have the greatest impact on global corporations. By ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Chinese Cell Phone Brand Unveiled In France

COMPANY TO WATCH: ZTE/CHINA By Gordon Platt ZTE, the largest wireless equipment maker in China, has gained a major share of the global cell phone market. After conquering markets in Asia and Africa with its low-priced handsets, ZTE ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Lack Of Disclosure Worries Emerging Markets Investors

NEWS By Gordon Platt The biggest challenge of investing in emerging markets is a lack of disclosure on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues, according to a global survey of 67 major investors that support sustainability in ...

Award Winners

Features: World’s Best Sub-custodians

SUB-CUSTODIANS TACKLE NEW CHALLENGES Global Finance selects the leading providers of the specialized services that make cross-border investing possible. By Gordon Platt Global custodians and money managers are putting their sub-custodians under the microscope in the wake ...

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Features: The Lure Of Foreign Shares

Milestones: Credit Crunch Fallout Hits Weakest Nations Hardest

Milestones: Uk Tops Foreign Direct Investment League Table

Corporate Finance: Big Emerging Market Mergers Create World-scale Competitors

Corporate Finance: Dollar Bulls Hope Fed Aces Policy Transition

Cover Story: The Power Of Hope

Emerging Markets: Chinese Cell Phone Brand Unveiled In France

Emerging Markets: Lack Of Disclosure Worries Emerging Markets Investors

Features: World’s Best Sub-custodians

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