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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Currency Wars: Changing Tactics

CURRENCY WARS By Gordon Platt Battle Tactics Change With Global Slowdown. Chandler, Brown Brothers Harriman: The lingering US and European crises are casting a pall over global capital markets When the global economy seemed securely on track ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Introduction: Déjà Vu All Over Again

DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN Some analysts say that 2011 is beginning to look a lot like 2008, with Europe’s debt crisis morphing into a bank solvency crisis with global ramifications. So far, the foreign exchange market—the world’s ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Equity/DRs: Record Global IPO Pipeline

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt The global pipeline of planned initial public offerings has grown to record proportions, with 332 companies waiting to issue IPOs valued at a total of $183 billion, according to Renaissance ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX: Dollar Bulls Continue To Rampage

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The dollar rose to an eight-month high against the euro in early October, as a further delay of Greek aid and concerns about the health of Europe’s banks gave the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: Japanese Steelmakers Merge

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Nippon Steel, Japan’s largest steelmaker, is acquiring rival Sumitomo Metal Industries to create the world’s second largest steel producer, at a time when global competition in the steel industry ...

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The Stars Of China: Banks

By Thomas Clouse BANKS BEST CITY COMMERCIAL Bank of Jiangsu Bank of Jiangsu is reportedly awaiting regulatory approval for its much-anticipated IPO, but the Nanjing-based lender has not let the wait impede its efforts to add innovative products and services. ...

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The Stars Of China: Companies

By Thomas Clouse COMPANIES AUTOMOBILES Chery International After years of torrid growth, China’s automobile market slowed significantly this year, with light vehicle sales up only 5% year-on-year in the first eight months, according to figures from J.D. Power. Chery International, ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Who Will Save The Global Economy?

COVER STORY: STAYING AFLOAT By Laurence Neville With emerging markets economies just holding their own in the face of the crises in the developed world, they are unlikely to be able to pull the world out of the ...

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Central Banker Report Cards 2011

MIRACLE WORKERS REACH END OF THE ROAD By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser Boosting employment and production are the elusive goals of today’s central bankers. If it’s broke, fix it. Central bankers are taking on ...

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Central Banker Report Cards 2011: Asia

ASIA Australia Glenn Stevens Grade: A Glenn Stevens, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, has a steady hand and clear policy views when it comes to making monetary decisions at the RBA. At its meeting in August, the ...

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Central Banker Report Cards 2011: The Americas

The Americas Argentina Mercedes Marcó del Pont Grade: D When Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner appointed political ally Mercedes Marcó del Pont to head the central bank in February 2010, there was little hope the move would lead to ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company To Watch: Hero MotoCorp/India

HERO GROUP EYES AFRICAN MOTORCYCLE MARKET By Gordon Platt Hero MotoCorp, India’s leading manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, bought out its joint venture partner, Honda, earlier this year. Honda wanted to focus more intently on the fast-growing ...