Emerging & Frontier Markets
Editor’s letter : Mature, but not grown up
In our cover story this month, we investigate the idea that this could be Asias big breakout year...
Indonesia
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Banking
Cover Story : 20 Years Of Turmoil And Progress
ANNIVERSARY TIMELINE OCTOBER 19, 1987: STOCK MARKET CRASH The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) falls 508 points, or 22.6%, in the steepest decline since 1929. Portfolio insurance and computerized trading takes some of the blame for what ranks ...
Banking
Features : Changing The Game
SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS With sovereign wealth funds rapidly becoming one of the most powerful forces in global finance, one key question has emerged: Should they be feared or revered? With the subprime-induced credit crunch causing stocks of financial giants such ...
News
Features : Buyout Or Sellout?
FOCUS / CANADA FOR SALE The buyout boom of Canadian companies is stirring intense controversy and throwing a harsh spotlight on the role of corporate executives. As the selloff of Canada’s biggest and best-known companies reaches record levels, ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : China, Russia Compete For Biggest Ipo Of Year
GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS China is likely to have the year’s biggest initial public offering for the second year in a row, although there remains a chance that Russia will beat it out. As Global Finance went to press, China Construction Bank ...
Award Winners
Features : Central Banker Report Cards 2007
ANNUAL SURVEY / CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARDS Individually, many of the world’s leading central bankers seemed to be in disarray after the subprime debacle began to unfold in mid-2007. As a group, though, they acted with remarkably unity. The central ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Milestones : Chinas Banks Face Call To Tighten Environmental Standards
CHINA Kiani Kertas pulp mill in Indonesia Bankrolled by an injection of capital from the Chinese government, which enabled them to write off non-performing loans (NPLs), as well as fresh investment from foreign stakeholders, China’s leading commercial banks ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Singapore Exchange Racks Up Global Listings
DR NEWS Uttam Galva Steels, based in Khopoli in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, has become the first Indian...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Copper Producer’s Bonds Rise With Price Of Metal
CORPORATE DEBT Investors who bought into a $6 billion bond issued by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold in March saw the...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Corporate Financing Focus
Foreign Exchange Increased volatility in exchange rates spurs adoption of best practices in currency-risk management Walldorf, Germany-based SAP, a leading...
News
Cover Story : Rising Stars
EM SPOTLIGHT – ASIA Dream town: The futuristic city of Shanghai symbolizes Chinas economic resurgence Throughout the 1980s and 1990s,...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Will Palm Oil Be Asia’s Biofuel?
COMPANY TO WATCH: SYNERGY DRIVE/MALAYSIA Sime Darby, the Malaysian conglomerate founded in 1910 by William Sime of Scotland and Henry...