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Best Developed Markets Banks Awards

TOP BANKS BOUNCE BACK After two dismal years, the banking industry in the world’s developed markets is flourishing again. By Laurence Neville The recovery of the financial markets from March 2009 (and earlier in the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Zhejiang Geely/China Can Chinese Carmaker Turn Volvo Around?

Investor: Company to watch By Gordon Platt Zhejiang Geely, China’s largest privately owned automaker, aims to nearly double Volvo’s annual global production if it succeeds in acquiring the Volvo Cars division of Ford Motor. The Chinese firm is ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features: Regional Report – Southeast Asia

A FORCED TO BE RECKONED WITH The economically vibrant nations of Southeast Asia are forging closer links—and creating a regional powerhouse in the process. By Thomas Clouse While the world has focused its attention ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Mapping The Bank Regulation Maze

COVER STORY: BANKING Bankers and regulators are beginning to lay out the future structure of the global financial industry. In the short term, it is set to be a deeply confusing place. By Nick Kochan It ...

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World’s BEST TRADE FINANCE PROVIDERS 2010

Global Finance names the World’s Best Trade Finance Providers 2010 NEW YORK, December 15, 2009 Global Finance magazine (www.gfmag.com) has...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Financing: Mergers & Acquisitions

Cross-Border M&A; Ready For Takeoff, With Emerging Markets As Main Target By Gordon Platt The stars are aligned for a substantial rise in cross-border mergers and acquisitions this year, as the global economy recovers and financing becomes more ...

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Features: Annual Survey: Best Trade Finance Banks

BANKERS GET READY FOR REBOUND IN WORLD TRADE Trade finance and risk management services are in growing demand as world trade recovers and credit issues remain a concern. By Gordon Platt The outlook for global trade is ...

Features

Features: Country Focus: Japan

JAPAN SCRAMBLES FOR A FRESH START Japan’s new government is working hard to find ways to rouse the country’s economy from its persistent malaise. By Thomas Clouse Japan is a country of economic contrasts. It is a nation ...

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Asia, America, and the Transformation of Geopolitics

Amazon Editorial reviews Product Description American security and prosperity now depend on Asia. William H. Overholt offers an iconoclastic analysis...

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The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East

Amazon Editorial reviews Product Description For two centuries Asians have been bystanders in world history, reacting defenselessly to the surges...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

The new world powers

THE NEW WORLD POWERS The coming decade will witness a fundamental rebalancing of economic power, setting the stage for this to become the Asian Century. By Harold L. Sirkin It is clear to almost everyone that ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Mergers & Acquisitions

Taiwan Emerges As Tech M&A; Hot Spot By Gordon Platt In the biggest merger ever in Taiwan, liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor maker Innolux Display agreed in November to acquire Chi Mei Optoelectronics, which makes LCD panels for ...