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World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks in Asia-Pacific 2013
Global Finance names the World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks 2013 in Asia-Pacific NEW YORK, March 19, 2013 Global Finance magazine...
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International Reserves of Countries Worldwide
International reserves are a country’s “external assets”—including foreign currency deposits and bonds held by central banks and monetary authorities, gold and SDRs. The top 10 holders of international reserves account for nearly two-thirds of the world’s total foreign currency reserves. ...
Banking
Emerging Markets Roundup: India
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA PUSHES FOR GROWTH WITH RATE CUT By Aaron Chaze The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut interest rates for the first time in nine months on January 30, reducing the repo rate by 25 basis ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equity: BRICs To Lead DRs In 2013
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Companies based in emerging markets will continue to rely on depositary receipts as an important means of financing their growth in 2013, taking advantage of continued global investor interest in the ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Frontier Markets Report: Bangladesh
PRIME PROSPECT By Dan Keeler Companies that ignore Bangladesh may be missing a key investment opportunity. Photo Credits: FRITZ16 / Shutterstock.com Often portrayed in the media as a basket case that lurches from one natural disaster to ...
Banking
Middle East Investment Banking
SIGNS OF RESILIENCE By Gordon Platt In spite of poor global economic and investment conditions, Middle Eastern investment banking looks set for another solid year in 2013. The outlook for investment banking in the volatile Middle East ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Milestone: Cash Transfer Program Heralds A New Dawn
MILESTONEINDIA By Kim Iskyan On the first day of 2013, the Indian government formally launched a program to distribute subsidy benefits and social welfare payments directly to the bank accounts of recipients. Photo Credits: PAWEL PIETRASZEWSKI/ Shutterstock.com Once the ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Milestone: Moscow’S Stock Exchange Goes Public
MILESTONERUSSIA By Udayan Gupta The Russians are taking a page out of the Dutch East India Company’s playbook of 1602. In mid-February Russia recapitalized the Moscow Stock Exchange by selling $1 billion of shares in an IPO of the ...
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WORLD’S BEST INVESTMENT BANKS 2013
Global Finance names the World’s Best Investment Banks 2013 New York, February 22, 2013 Global Finance announces the winners of...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cover: The Maze Of Global M&A
THE MAZE OF GLOBAL M&A By Udayan Gupta Cross-border M&A is once again on the rise. But completing a successful deal is increasingly complex and fraught with political, and other, risks. At first glace, it seemed like ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Debt: Companies Rush To Issue Bonds
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Those investors reaching for higher yields in a low-interest-rate environment propelled bond markets around the world to new highs in 2012, but analysts don’t expect the party to continue forever. ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Securities Lending In Emerging Markets
JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS By Kathryn Tully In the hunt for demand and revenue, securities lending in emerging markets sounds perfect, but big obstacles still curtail liquidity. Faced with falling demand and tighter regulation in North America and ...