Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX: Sudden Currency Moves And Hedging
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The euro’s surprising rise early this year, even as the European Central...
Iran
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A: Xstrata Investors Balk At Merger
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Mining company Xstrata's merger with commodities dealer Glencore may not go ahead unless the terms are improved for shareholders. The $90 billion deal, billed as a "merger of equals," is ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Salon: James Rickards, Policy Weakness
SEEKING OUT VULNERABILITIES By Vanessa Drucker Global Finance sat down with James Rickards, senior managing partner at boutique alternative investment firm Tangent Capital Partners and author of Currency Wars: The Making Of The Next Global Crisis . ...
Banking
Country Report: Saudi Arabia
OPEN FOR BUSINESS By Gordon Platt Saudi Arabia is preparing to open its stock markets to foreign investment, and it has reinforced its financial management team in preparation for this and broader economic reforms. Saudi Arabia, the ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Global Salon: Ian Bremmer, Eurasia
NO HAND AT THE HELM By Paula Green As part of its Salon series, Global Finance sat down on January 11 with Ian Bremmer, president and founder of political risk analysis firm Eurasia Group, to discuss increasing geopolitical ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
The 10%+ Club
COVER STORY: THE 10% + CLUB By Laurence Neville Predicting what countries will be the next growth outperformers is tricky at best. Those firms that back the winners will undoubtedly profit, and the countries that make the ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: Middle East
BAHRAIN: PROTESTS IMPACT THE ECONOMY By Gordon Platt Political unrest in Bahrain in February and March may have cost the economy as much as $2 billion. New governor at Dubai International Financial Centre Essam Fakhro, chairman of the ...
Banking
GCC: Big Changes Loom
GCC REGIONAL REPORT: MARKING A MILESTONE By Gordon Platt The regional group faces new challenges as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) celebrated its 30th anniversary on May 25 with quiet flag-raising ceremonies ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
ME: Lebanon’s Future Uncertain
EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP: MIDDLE EAST by Gordon Platt After five months of political wrangling, Lebanon’s prime minister Najib Mikati on June 13 announced a new government led by the Shiite Hezbollah movement, giving Syria and Iran renewed influence ...
Award Winners
World’s Best Banks: Middle East Country Winners
Middle East Change Creates New Opportunities Banks in the Middle East are pulling in their horns in light of the widespread political upheaval in the region. Markets have been unsettled by the political developments, but the economic fundamentals remain ...
Award Winners
WORLD’S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2011 IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Global Finance names the 2011 World’s Best Emerging Market Banks in the Middle East NEW YORK, March 24, 2011 Global...
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200 BIGGEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2010
Global Finance ranks the 200 Biggest Emerging Market Banks NEW YORK, December 6, 2010 As the world’s key emerging markets...