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Asia’s Banks Take The Lead

EM REGIONAL BANKING FOCUS: ASIA By Michael Shari A consistent focus on traditional-style banking has enabled Asia's financial giants to emerge from the recent crisis in fine fettle. On any given day at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Foreign Exchange

EUROPE’S DEBT PANIC BRINGS DOWN EURO, SPURS DOLLAR RALLY By Gordon Platt Weakness in the euro is contributing to the...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: M&A

LATIN AMERICA TAKES MERGER SPOTLIGHT By Gordon Platt Mergers in Mexico and Brazil that will create strong regional and global competitors in a number of industries overshadowed a dormant M&A; market in the United States in January. ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Country Focus: Peru

SECOND ACT By Antonio Guerrero In his second term, Peru’s president Alan Garcia is making amends for the shambles he left his country in after his first term. Peruvian president Alan Garcia is leading one of the ...

Country Report

Country Report: Turkey

STAYING THE COURSE By Gordon Platt Turkey has bounced back from a sharp economic contraction to become one of the region’s best performers. Its prospects are brighter than ever. Turkey's constitutional referendum last month gave a boost ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story: Global Markets Brace For The Aftershock

GLOBAL MARKET BRACE FOR THE AFTERSHOCK Many countries still have a long way to go to convince investors that they are not likely to suffer a sovereign default. By Laurence Neville Just as the mood was lifting ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Currency Affairs

A cursory glance through the pages of this month's issue would suggest there is much cause for celebration...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Economic Slowdown Could Benefit Dollar

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS – FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The world economic recovery may be slowing more rapidly than previously...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Africa

ROUNDUP By Antonio Guerrero Uneasy balance: Mugabe (right) and Tsvangirai still have issues with power sharing South Africa's state-owned development lender Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) plans to issue bonds and sell an estimated $3.6 billion worth of its ...

Award Winners

Features: Annual Survey – Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers

WORLD’S BEST TREASURY PROVIDERS 2010 By Anita Hawser Twelve months ago when we published the 2009 Treasury & Cash Management awards, treasurers were mostly concerned with preserving capital and reducing counterparty risk. While these concerns have not subsided, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: The Americas – Nafta

CAN NAFTA FILL THE GAP? For gaps in Nafta to be plugged, it may take smaller bilateral agreements rather than wide-ranging change to the original FTA. By Denise Bedell Renegotiating Nafta: (from left to right) US president ...

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Holding Steady

ANNUAL SURVEY: CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARDS by Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Dan Keeler Central bankers sit tight in the face of renewed global uncertainty. Indications that the global economic recovery is losing momentum have created a ...