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World’s BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS 2013
Global Finance names the World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2013 NEW YORK, November 27, 2012 Global Finance magazine has named...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
DRs: Russia, Mexico Depositary Receipts
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, raised $5 billion in a secondary share sale in London and Moscow in September that had been delayed for more than a year because of unfavorable ...
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 ...
Banking
Polls and Stats: Emerging Markets Lead Higher Education Grads
Tertiary Degree Graduates Aged 25-34 (in millions) </scr ipt> Tertiary Degrees By Percentage of OECD And G20 Total * OECD estimate based on the same average annual growth rate as that observed between 2000 and 2009 + Germany and ...
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Stars of China 2012: Corporate Winners
By Thomas Clouse CORPORATE WINNERS AUTOMOBILES Great Wall Motors Competition is fierce in China's automotive industry, and slowing sales growth this year has added even more pressure to the country's automotive producers. Great Wall has responded to that pressure with ...
Banking
Africa: Oil & Gas
DIFFFICULT CHOICES By Antonio Guerrero African oil producers stand to benefit from continued sanctions on Iranian oil exports. But their path is not without challenges. As the US and EU tighten the screws on Iran, imposing sanctions ...
Banking
Central Banker Report Cards 2012: Asia-Pacific
By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser ASIA-PACIFIC AUSTRALIA Glenn Stevens Grade: A Stevens has his hands full managing an economy with booming mining and financial sectors and weakness elsewhere. So far, he has managed to keep the overall ...
Banking
The Struggle For Energy & Power In Asia
ASIA'S POWER NEXUS By Arthur Clennam I ndia relies on Indonesian coal to power its utilities, and both nations face huge increases in coal-fired power demand. But bureaucratic red tape makes it difficult for either nation to increase ...
Banking
World’s Best Banks 2012: Global Winners
By Gordon Platt, Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson & Antonio Guerrero Global Winners BEST CORPORATE BANK Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, is a leading global corporate and investment bank and has long been the top foreign exchange ...
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
Cover: Searching for Global Demand
DEMAND WHERE WILL IT COME FROM? By Laurence Neville The worldwide call for public, private and corporate debt reduction raises the question of where spending and demand will come from going forward. Particularly now, as emerging markets stars—such ...
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 ...