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WORLD’S BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS 2011
NEW YORK, November 22, 2010 Global Finance magazine has named the “Best Foreign Exchange Banks and Providers” by country, region...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX: Cross-Border Trade
TRAIL BLAZERS By Gordon Platt Trade between emerging market countries is driving a campaign for a new currency order. The Bric countries—Brazil, Russia, India and China—have a combined gross domestic product that is greater than that of ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX: Currency Conflict Is Not A War
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS - FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt Brazil's finance minister, Guido Mantega, touched a raw nerve when he stated in late September that an international currency war had broken out. It may seem like a war ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX: The Rising Euro
RALLY CAUSES CONCERN AMONG EXPORTERS By Jonathan Gregson After a year in the doldrums, the euro's rise has caught many by surprise. Europe currently looks like the unintended fall guy amidst the beggar-thy-neighbor round of central bank ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Mexico: Bond Issue Breaks New Ground
MILESTONES: MEXICO By Antonio Guerrero Mexico’s financing needs taken care of with century bond Mexico may have set the stage for a stampede in October when it successfully issued Latin America's first-ever sovereign century bond, a $1 billion, ...
Features
OTC Foreign Exchange Market Turnover By Currency, 1998-2010
Currency Distribution Of Global Foreign Exchange Market Turnover You will need javascript to view this feature. Currency distribution of foreign exchange market turnover reflects the share of overall trading volumes of a particular currency. The US dollar continues to decline ...
Features
OTC Foreign Exchange Market Turnover By Currency Pair, 1998-2010
Global Foreign Exchange Market Turnover By Currency Pair (US$ billion) You will need javascript to view this feature. Data is from the Bank for International Settlements Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity, September, 2010. Click ...
Banking
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 ...