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Banking

Cover Story : Secondary Development

Middle East As Islamic bonds become more popular, banks are creating a viable secondary market. Emirates Islamic Bank: Reaping the benefits of a surge in business. Asurge in the issuance of sukuk, or Islamic bonds, and growing demand from ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM Investor : Palm Oil Producer Reaps Rewards

Company To Watch: Ioi/malaysia Palm oil prices have almost doubled in the past year on rising demand from China and India and increased use of crude palm oil as an alternative energy source. Kuala Lumpur-based IOI, ...

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...

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

Indonesia

Cover Story : Secondary Development

EM Investor : Palm Oil Producer Reaps Rewards

Editor’s letter : Mature, but not grown up

Cover Story : 20 Years Of Turmoil And Progress

Features : Changing The Game

Features : Buyout Or Sellout?

Corporate Finance : China, Russia Compete For Biggest Ipo Of Year

Features : Central Banker Report Cards 2007

Milestones : Chinas Banks Face Call To Tighten Environmental Standards

Emerging Markets : Singapore Exchange Racks Up Global Listings

Corporate Finance : Copper Producer’s Bonds Rise With Price Of Metal

Corporate Finance : Corporate Financing Focus