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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story: Green Finance

GREEN FINANCE   Despite the drumbeat of headlines about the troubled banking and finance industries, one area is coming up green.       With global financial markets languishing in the doldrums, “green financing” is emerging as a key lever ...

Banking

Emerging Markets : Banks Seek Growth After Profits Slide

BRAZIL     Digging in: Brazilian miner Vale is investing heavily. After several years of steady profit growth, Brazil’s banking sector reported a slowdown in second-quarter 2008. Bradesco, Brazil’s largest non-state bank by assets, posted a 13% drop in second-quarter ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Communist Parties Give Economic Reforms A Boost

INDIA     Manmohan Singh: Has more scope to enact reforms. India’s ruling coalition, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by Manmohan Singh, survived a vote of no confidence in late July after the three communist parties in parliament said ...

Banking

Features : Island Life

CARIBBEAN FINANCE CENTERS Recent changes are helping the venerable finance centers of the Caribbean stave off increasingly intense international competition.             Partly in response to the US-led assault on their opaque banking systems and propensity ...

Award Winners

Features : World’s Best Investment Banks 2008

  ANNUAL SURVEY The past 12 months have been some of the most difficult ever for investment banks, but many institutions continue to provide outstanding services to their clients.             Investment banks are still writing ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TCM Guide : “Who’s Who” In Treasury And Cash Management

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT 2008   Robert Allen Group Treasurer British American Tobacco Robert Allen, appointed group treasurer effective this past June, replaces David Swann, who has now retired. Based in London, Allen works with a team of 20 professionals ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : JPMorgan Adds Dr Staff In Latin America, Asia

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS     JPMorgan has added new depositary receipt specialists in Argentina, Brazil and Singapore to assist the growing number of companies in these countries that want to have their equity traded on exchanges outside their home markets. The ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM Investor : Clean-coal Firm Raises $1.3 Billion

COMPANY TO WATCH: PT ADARO ENERGY/INDONESIA     Jakarta-based PT Adaro Energy, the holding company of Indonesia’s second-largest coal producer, raised $1.32 billion in the country’s biggest initial public offering ever by selling 34.8% of its share capital. PT Danatama ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM Investor : Indian Firms Find Welcome At Aim

NEWS     KSK Emerging India Energy Fund (KEF) raised $200 million in June on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). It was the fourth India-focused company to raise funds on AIM in as many weeks. The equity offering came at ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Markets Suffer As Prices Rise

INDIA               RBI governor YV Reddy may tighten interest rates.   Indian banks have continued to grow credit at a very rapid pace since the start of the new fiscal year on April 1. ...

Country Report

Features : Seeking An Energy Boost

COUNTRY REPORT / PORTUGAL     Increased competition from new entrants to the European Union has dealt a severe blow to Portugal’s economy. Tourism and investment in renewable energy are helping it pick up the slack.   Calm before the ...
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