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Banking

Features : Island Life

CARIBBEAN FINANCE CENTERS Recent changes are helping the venerable finance centers of the Caribbean stave off increasingly intense international competition. Partly in response to the US-led assault on their opaque banking systems and propensity ...

News

Newsmakers : Calderón Aide Takes Top Economy Job

MEXICO Mexico's president Felipe Calderón is hoping Ruiz can help get the economy back on track. Faced with the fallout from the US economic slowdown, Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderón, appointed former businessman Gerardo Ruiz to the country’s top ...

News

Newsmakers : Economic Pain Deepens As American Shoppers Cut Back

UNITED STATES Kicking the habit: Shoppers slash spending. Will declining gasoline prices encourage American consumers to pile into the family automobile and head out to the mall? Retailers hope so, but signs were not encouraging as the key ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TCM Guide : “Who’s Who” In Treasury And Cash Management

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT 2008 Robert Allen Group Treasurer British American Tobacco Robert Allen, appointed group treasurer effective this past June, replaces David Swann, who has now retired. Based in London, Allen works with a team of 20 professionals ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Worst May Be Over For The Dollar, But Analysts Say Rebound Unlikely Before Fed Stops Cutting Rates

FOREIGN EXCHANGE Following the dollar’s worst quarterly loss against the euro since 2004—a drop of 8.4% in the first three months of this year—currency analysts are watching for signs that the greenback could be ready to make a ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Company To Watch: Ecopetrol/Colombia

OIL PRODUCER PLANS TO BE BIG SPENDER Ecopetrol, Colombia’s state-owned oil company, says it hopes to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange later this year, following a further privatization to help finance an aggressive spending ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : Peru Makes The Grade

PERU Peru's president Alan Garcia: Fiscal policies led to upgrade. While analysts debated whether Brazil or Panama would win the race to become the next Latin American investment-grade-rated country, Peru beat both countries to the finish line. Citing ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Focus: Nafta : A Controversial Treaty

Multinationals And Nafta Much lambasted for its effects on the poor, Nafta has proved successful at opening the North American markets—and promoted corporate growth in the process. As the US presidential primary campaigns neared their conclusion in March, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Focus: Nafta : Terms Of Trade

14 Years On With Nafta once again coming to the forefront of water-cooler discussions as a result of the political ping-pong between Democratic presidential hopefuls in the US, we look back at the development of the ground-breaking free trade agreement ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Focus: Nafta : Who’s Who In Nafta

Nafta Focus Global Finance names the most influential and important people in Nafta commerce and finance. Gastón Azcárraga Andrade President, Consejo Mexicano de Hombres de Negocios, and CEO, Grupo Posadas Mexico Gastón Azcárraga Andrade has been CEO of Grupo Posadas, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : Panama Pushes For Investment Grade

Panama Digging in: Work is now under way on the $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal. Although Brazil appears poised to become Latin America’s next investment-grade-rated sovereign, a tiny country may beat the giant to the punch. ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story : Continental Shift

LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL REPORT Latin American governments’ attempts to gain more control over their countries’ economic fortunes are having far-reaching effects on international corporations doing business in the region. Left in charge: Brazilian president Lula da Silva ...