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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Etihad Atheeb Ipo Ends Long Saudi Drought

Global Equity /drs Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication, one of three new fixed-line operators in Saudi Arabia, broke the long drought in initial public offerings in the kingdom, with an IPO for 30% of its capital. The $80 million public offering, completed ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Investor: Company to watch: Coli/China

China Overseas Land & Investment (COLI), a subsidiary of China State Construction Engineering, could be a beneficiary of China’s economic stimulus package. China’s largest developer by market value, COLI also focuses on infrastructure investment. The Hong Kong-listed developer is controlled ...

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BEST DEVELOPED MARKET BANKS – 2008

Bermuda Butterfiled Bank Canada RBC United States JPMorgan Chase Austria Bank Austria Creditanstalt Belgium Fortis Bank Cyprius Bank of Cyprus...

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BEST DEVELOPED MARKET BANKS 2009

Bermuda Butterfield Bank Canada Scotiabank United States J.P. Morgan Chase Austria Bank Austria Belgium KBC Group Denmark Danske Bank Finland...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE BANKS – 2008

CATEGORY SUB-CATEGORY WINNER GLOBAL WINNER Deutsche Bank REGIONAL WINNER North America Citi Latin America Citi Western Europe Deutsche Bank Honorable...

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BEST INVESTMENT BANKS – 2008

New York, July 7, 2008 Global Finance announces its selection of the Worlds Best Investment Banks 2008 to be published...

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BEST SUB-CUSTODIANS – 2008

Global Finance magazine has released its sixth annual ranking of the Best Sub-Custodians. This exclusive survey will be published in...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BEST TRADE FINANCE PROVIDERS – 2008

CATEGORY SUB-CATEGORY WINNER REGIONAL WINNER Americas Citi Europe BNP Paribas CEE UniCredit Nordic Region SEB Middle East Arab Bank Asia...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan Gives Dollar Strong Start To 2009 On Hopes Us Will Recover First

FOREIGN EXCHANGE The dollar rose in early January, as investors weighed the likely effects of president-elect Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan and as analysts said the United States could be the first major economy to recover from the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Instant Messaging Craze Sweeps China

COMPANY TO WATCH: TENCENT HOLDINGS/CHINA Instant messaging (IM) has become a cultural phenomenon in China. Tencent Holdings is a Hong Kong-listed company with the bulk of its assets in China, where its QQ brand controls 80% of the IM market. ...

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Features : Fuel For The Growth Engine Annual Report

STARS OF CHINA Over the past decade, China’s government has been working on an ambitious plan to improve the health, transparency and effectiveness of its country’s sprawling banking system. Weighed down with bad loans, mired in bureaucracy and often plagued ...

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Features: World’s best trade finance banks 2009

ANNUAL SURVEY / BEST TRADE FINANCE BANKS Trade finance banks are enjoying rising demand for basic risk management services as world trade faces a difficult period. Global trade is expected to decline in 2009 for the first time since 1982, ...