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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Debt: Ford Motor Credit, GE

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Ford Motor Credit, the finance arm of the second-largest US automaker, and General Electric, the world's biggest maker of diesel locomotives and jet engines, were first out of the gate ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: New China Life Raises $1.9 Billion

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt New China Life Insurance raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering in Hong Kong and Shanghai in December, but it was forced to price the issue at the bottom of ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM News: Mexican Exchange Woos High-Frequency Traders

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt The Bolsa Mexicana de Valores exchange in Mexico City says it will introduce faster trading technology by the middle of 2012 in an effort to attract more high-frequency traders. BMV says ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Sector Report: Real Estate Finance

REAL ESTATE FINANCING: NEW AVENUES By Vanessa Drucker Real estate projects are getting capital injections from new and diverse sources as traditional bank lending dries up. Banks around the world have become skittish about lending. Although central ...

Award Winners

Best Derivatives Providers 2011

ANNUAL SURVEY AND AWARDS By Michael Shari Counterparty risk trumps pricing as criteria for picking derivative providers. Wall Street is retaking market share from European rivals Never underestimate the sleight of hand with which the fast-paced derivatives ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DR News: Unsponsored DRs Abound Amid Lack Of New Issues

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt The market for new sponsored depositary receipt programs for companies in emerging markets has dried up since the equity market turmoil in August, but there has continued to be a steady ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The 10%+ Club

COVER STORY: THE 10% + CLUB By Laurence Neville Predicting what countries will be the next growth outperformers is tricky at best. Those firms that back the winners will undoubtedly profit, and the countries that make the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company To Watch: Alfa / Mexico

ALFA GROUP GROWS THROUGH ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Monterrey-based Alfa, one of Mexico’s largest industrial groups, has four business lines, comprising petrochemicals, aluminum auto parts, processed food and telecommunications. Earlier this year it became the sole shareholder ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM Infrastructure Needs Triple By 2030

MILESTONES: EMERGING MARKETS By Gordon Platt Demand for infrastructure in emerging markets will reach $1 trillion annually through 2030, triple the level of the previous two decades, with Asia accounting for the lion’s share, according to a study ...
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