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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover: The Relevance Of Stock Exchanges

IDENTITY CRISIS By Udayan Gupta As stock exchanges worldwide try to figure out their role going forward in corporate equity and equity capital raising, companies are starting to question whether there is still value in a public listing. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: The Renminbi As A Reserve Currency

THE RENMINBI GOES GLOBAL By Gordon Platt Pressure from BRIC countries for a new international reserve currency to replace the dollar is growing. China, the world’s leading trading nation, would like to reap some of the benefits ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Who’s Who In Foreign Exchange

WHO’S WHO By Gordon Platt Global Finance ’s annual list of Who’s Who in Foreign Exchange Mohamed El Aroussi Arab African International Bank Chief dealer and head of FX desk El Aroussi, chief dealer at Arab ...

Award Winners

Stars of China 2012: Bank Winners

By Thomas Clouse BANKS WINNERS BEST CITY COMMERCIAL Bank of Nanjing China's more than 140 city commercial banks are facing increasing competition from each other as well as their bigger national counterparts and smaller rural finance neighbors. Against this competitive ...

Banking

Islamic Finance Spreads Across Asia

CROSSING ASIA'S FRONTIERS By Michael Shari As banks and regional hubs throw their weight behind Islamic finance, shariah-compliant products are crossing not just national borders but also product lines in Asia. Photo Credits: MANZRUSSAL I / Shutterstock.com ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: IPO Pipeline Grows, Issuance Slows

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY / DRS By Gordon Platt The global pipeline of initial public offerings has reached near-record levels, but IPO issuance and proceeds declined substantially in the second quarter of 2012. Deal activity declined ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Offshore Deals Help Counter Slowing Global M&A Market

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Paula Green Corporate financial executives with cash to burn are turning up the heat on merger and acquisition activity in offshore financial locales around the globe. M&A deals are on the rise in Mauritius The value ...

Country Report

Taiwan Seeks New Growth Opportunities

THE TIES THAT BIND By Arthur Clennam Economic forces are subtly improving prospects for Taiwanese companies seeking new markets in China. An ancient folk story from Taiwan goes something like this: A frog lives for years in ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Treasury & Cash Management: Asia—Latin America Trade Builds New Frontiers

EXPEDITING GROWTH By Anita Hawser Trade flows between Latin America and Asia are growing at a phenomenal pace. An increasing number and variety of banks and other agencies are providing liquidity and trade finance solutions to nurture these ...

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WORLD’S BEST CORPORATE/INSTITUTIONAL INTERNET BANKS IN ASIA 2012

Global Finance names the 2012 World’s Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks inAsia NEW YORK, July 27, 2012 Global Finance has announced...

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WORLD’S BEST CONSUMER INTERNET BANKS IN ASIA 2012

Global Finance names the 2012 World’s Best Consumer Internet Banks in Asia NEW YORK, July 20, 2012 Global Finance has...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Top 25 Lists: 25 Events That Rocked The World

REVOLUTION By Laurence Neville The scale of the crisis that has engulfed much of the world since 2008, which—like a virus—has mutated from a financial sector crisis to an economic crisis to a sovereign debt crisis, is so great ...