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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : India’s Big Bank Merger Could Be First Of Many

Mergers & Acquisitions HDFC Bank and Centurion Bank of Punjab have agreed to the biggest merger in Indian banking history, valued at about $2.4 billion. It is likely the beginning of a wave of M&A; deals in the ...

Banking

Cover Story: Let the good times roll

The Middle East Prudent investment of vastly increased oil revenues and a determination to build stable financial foundations are helping transform the Middle East into one of the world’s most vibrant economic areas. The DIFC in Dubai: One of the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Greenback’s Decline Prompts Talk Of Central Bank Reserve Diversification And Ending Pegs To Dollar

CORPORATE FINANCING FOCUS The shifting sands in the foreign exchange market in 2007 undermined the dollar to the extent that China openly weighed what its state media refer to as the “nuclear option” of dropping its vast holdings ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Frontier Market Indexes Planned

DR NEWS New York-based MSCI Barra, which is majority-owned by Morgan Stanley, plans to introduce a family of benchmark indexes next month covering 19 “frontier market” countries. Institutional investors want to look beyond existing developed and emerging ...

Banking

Regional Report GCC : Economic Boom Won’t Quit

<p>Regional Report / Gcc High oil prices keep the ball rolling, as the Gulf region’s economic growth momentum carries it through a rough patch in the stock markets. Kingdom Tower Riyadh: As capital spending rises, ...</p>

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story : Boom Times

THE MIDDLE EAST Change of tack: Oil-rich Middle East states are pouring their money into infrastructure Twenty years ago, petrodollars...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Saudi Stocks Bounce Back

NEWS The volatile Saudi Arabian stock market, which lost 50% of its value in a steep correction in 2006, has...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : The Bank of New York

GLOBAL CUSTODY BUYERS GUIDE Global Finance presents its annual sponsored guide to the leading providers in the global custody market....

Banking

Features : Best Banks In Project Finance 2006

Annual survey/ worlds best project finance banks Global Finance selects the winners from among the leading banks that create and...

News

Features : Saudi Arabia Leads Region’s Project Financing Boom

REGIONAL FOCUS / MIDDLE EAST New refineries and petrochemical facilities will squeeze more value out of the countrys crude oil...

News

Newsmakers : El Comandante’s Comeback

Nicaragua Daniel Ortega then Former Nicaraguan guerrilla leader Daniel Ortega, one of the most outspoken foes of the US during...

News

Cover Story : Banking On The Fast Track

RAPID CHANGE IS KEEPING BANK CEOS ON THEIR TOES AS THEY SEEK TO MEET THE SURGING DEMAND FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES...