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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Emerging Markets : EM ROUNDUP Middle East

The real liquidity crisis in the Middle East, as well as in parts of Asia and Africa, is the shortage of water, according to a report by Standard Chartered Bank. Consumption of fresh water must be strictly limited to the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones : Countries count cost of credit crisis

It’s not just companies that are caught in the fallout from the credit crunch; countries are suffering, too. In the latest assessment from risk analysis firm Coface, 47 countries—including the US, the UK, Japan and Germany—have seen their financial-strength rating ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Foreign exchange

WORRIES ABOUT FUNDING DEFICITS COME TO FORE Deficit financing has replaced interest rates as the driving force in the currency markets, analysts say. As short-term rates converge toward zero, their influence on currency values is dissipating and the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Global equities/DRs

UNSPONSORED ADRS ATTRACT INVESTORS, BOOSTING VOLUME IN OTC SECURITIES Of the more than 1,000 unsponsored American depositary receipt programs created in the wake of last October’s rule change by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, a handful are attracting significant ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story : Africa in Squeeze

AFRICA IN A SQUEEZE By Paula Green Africa faces an uncertain future as its key economies suffer multiple setbacks and the global slump threatens to constrict the flow of investment. By Paula L. Green Being ...

Banking

Features : Financial Giants Face A Mighty Challenge

ANALYSIS FINANCIAL CENTERS Established financial centers are seeing their dominance challenged in the aftermath of the credit crunch. BY ANITA HAWSER In early April, as leaders from the Group of 20 countries gathered with the expectation that ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : Help Or Hindrance?

HELP OR HINDRANCE? Mounting concern over the economic prospects of the world’s poorest nations is encouraging developed nations to reassess their aid policies. By Antonio Guerrero World Bank president Robert Zoellick calls on the developed world ...

Award Winners

Features : The Best EM Banks

ANNUAL SURVEY THE BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2009 In our 16th annual survey of top banking performers in emerging markets, we name those banks that are consistently providing high levels of service in fast-evolving markets. By Gordon Platt ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Milestones : G-20 sets out the new world order

The G-20 meeting in London in April was groundbreaking for the scale of the resources committed to the IMF and the unity of a diverse group of nations to combat global recession. But the legacy of the G-20 will ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Drug Mergers Ease M&a Drought

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS The need for bigger drug-development pipelines and more diversified businesses with greater geographic reach is fueling a wave of mergers in the pharmaceutical industry that is providing investment bankers with some much-needed underwriting fees. ...

Banking

Cover Story : Recession Proof

MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL REPORT RECESSION PROOF Saudi Arabia epitomizes the trend toward big spending on infrastructure by oil-rich nations that is keeping their economies afloat. By Gordon Platt The Middle East is not immune to the effects of the global ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Brazil

Brazil's air force is helping finance Embraer's $500 million development program for a new military transport plane. Following Brazil’s recent credit boom, banks are starting to face increased customer arrears. A research report from BB Investimentos, a division of Banco ...