Award Winners
WORLD’S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS IN AFRICA 2012
Global Finance names the World’s Best Emerging Market Banks 2012 in Africa NEW YORK, March 20, 2012 Global Finance magazine...
Nigeria
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Company To Watch: Zambeef Products / Zambia
EXPANDING PRODUCT LINES AT ZAMBEEF By Gordon Platt Zambeef Products of Zambia is one of the largest agribusinesses in Africa, with more than 4,000 employees. In June 2011, it became the first Zambian company to list on the London ...
Country Report
Country Report: Morocco
TURNING POINT By Michael Shari One of Africa's most vibrant economies is in the midst of a high-stakes political transition that will determine whether it continues on a path of reform or contends with the type of backlash that shook ...
Award Winners
WORLD’S BEST INVESTMENT BANKS 2012
Global Finance names the World’s Best Investment Banks 2012 NEW YORK, February 17, 2012 Global Finance announces the winners of...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Awards: Best Trade Finance Banks 2012
ANNUAL SURVEY AND AWARDS: LIQUIDITY AND REGULATIONS SQUEEZE TRADE FINANCE By Gordon Platt The global economy is threatened by a shortage of financing for international trade, as banks reassess their business models. The availability and cost of ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
DRs: Depositary Receipt Pipeline Full
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Depositary receipt investors pushed trading to a record high last year, demonstrating the continued popularity of DRs, despite challenging market conditions. While the amount of capital raised by corporate ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
EM News: New ‘Tigers’ Will Dominate Economic Growth
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt The BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India and China—now contribute more than half of the world's economic growth, while the broader emerging markets provide more than 70% of current global growth. Growth ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Protests Rock Nigeria After Gas Subsidies Are Pulled
MILESTONES: NIGERIA By Michael Shari The government of Nigeria took a calculated political risk when it removed gasoline subsidies on January 1. Paying at the pump: Nigeria ends gasoline subsidies The sudden move more than doubled local ...
Banking
Sector Report: Middle East Telecoms
SOWING SEEDS OF CHANGE By Anita Hawser The Arab Spring heralded the beginnings of reform and showed the growing importance of social media in enabling communal action. The telecoms sector in the Middle East has been forever changed ...
News
Sanusi Fears Impact Of European Crisis
NEWSMAKERS: NIGERIA By Anita Hawser Nigerian central bank governor Lamido Sanusi believes the likelihood of European banks going into a major crisis is quite high, and is concerned over the impact on Nigerian oil exports. Sanusi looks to Asia ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
WORLD’S BEST TRADE FINANCE BANKS 2012
Global Finance names the World’s Best Trade Finance Banks 2012 NEW YORK, December 16, 2011 Global Finance magazine ( GFmag.com...
Banking
EM Regional Review: Africa
AT A CROSSROADS By Jonathan Gregson Africa is at the cusp of major change. Whether that change involves greater economic growth and an improved standard of living depends on both internal and external events over the next few years. ...