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Global Finance Advertisers 1987: Where Are They Now?

THE SANDS OF TIME   By Valentina Pasquali   A look at how the fates have dealt with those firms that advertised in the October 1987 inaugural issue of Global Finance.   AT&T was bought by SBC Communications Are your overseas ...

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Introduction: A Quarter-Century Of Change

CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...   By Laurence Neville   There is a famous quote by British novelist LP Hartley that goes, "The past is a foreign country: They do things differently there."   If this is so, then 1987—when Global Finance was launched—is ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Derivatives

TOOLS FOR MANAGING RISK, OR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION?   By Gordon Platt   As companies looked to hedge their risks, a new asset class, derivatives, was born in the 1980s.   But over the years a number of substantial losses ...

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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Global Investing

UNDERMINING THE CULT OF EQUITY   By Jonathan Gregson   As alternative investments become mainstream and returns diminish, the traditional bias toward equity investment is being challenged like never before.   Even before globalization became a major theme, big investors had ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Top 25 Lists: 25 Events That Rocked The World

REVOLUTION   By Laurence Neville   The scale of the crisis that has engulfed much of the world since 2008, which—like a virus—has mutated from a financial sector crisis to an economic crisis to a sovereign debt crisis, is so great ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Words Of Wisdom: Charles Beazley, Nikko Asset Management

GRAVITATIONAL PULL   By Michael Shari   A British veteran of Merrill Lynch, Charles Beazley became chairman and CEO of Nikko Asset Management, which is majority owned by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust, in March. Headquartered in Tokyo, Nikko AM manages $158 billion ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Words Of Wisdom: Yoshio Nakamura, Keidanren

BREAKING BARRIERS   By Michael Shari   Yoshio Nakamura is the director general of Nippon Keidanren, the Japan Industry Federation—the main voice representing large industry in the country.   Global Finance: What developments have most shaped Japan’s economy over the past ...

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Words Of Wisdom: Zhang Jianguo, China Construction Bank

A Time Of Profound Change By Thomas Clouse Zhang Jianguo is president and chief executive of China Construction Bank (CCB) . Global Finance: How will China´s financial system change as interest rates liberalize, capital markets develop, and ...
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