Portugal Archives

Join the global community of corporate and public-sector finance industry leaders reading Global Finance monthly in print.

Click Here

Country Report

Steady Progress

Country Report: Portugal By Denise Bedell Portugal has been hit hard by the general uncertainty over the eurozone's future, but its prospects are outshining some of its neighbors'. It may still be laboring in Greece's shadow, ...

Award Winners

The World’s Best Sub-Custodians

ANNUAL SURVEY: THE WORLD'S BEST SUB-CUSTODIANS Sub-Custodians Feeling The Heat Global investing in turbulent times puts the spotlight on local safekeepers. By Gordon Platt As they seek to reassure investors that their assets in foreign ...

Award Winners

Awards: Best Investment Banks

ANNUAL SURVEY: BEST INVESTMENT BANKS Earnings from investment banking helped major financial institutions return to profitability, but the rules are changing. By Gordon Platt Major banks reported hefty gains in first-quarter 2010 profits, with a powerful assist ...

Award Winners

Best Investment Banks 2010: Country Winners

COUNTRY WINNERS North America Canada Scotia Capital Scotia Capital, the wholesale banking arm of Scotiabank, had a record year in 2009 for its equity platform. The bank participated in 211 equity deals, valued at $8.5 billion. In September 2009 ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Foreign Exchange

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — FOREIGN EXCHANGE GREEK DEBT CRISIS MORPHING INTO EURO PROBLEM By Gordon Platt The nearly $1 trillion plan to defuse Europe's debt crisis headed off speculation in credit default swaps, bank equities and bond ...

Award Winners

Features: Awards Best Emerging Market Banks 2010 Africa

AFRICA By Gordon Platt REGIONAL WINNER: Standard Chartered Bank Standard Chartered Bank's earnings from its African operations rose 54% last year to $482 million. The London-based emerging markets bank receives 90% of its income and profits from Asia, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Hitting a Wall of Debt

COVER STORY: CORPORATE DEBT A gargantuan wall of debt coming due over the next few years could impede all but the highest-rated corporations’ efforts to refinance their debt. By Jonathan Gregson Just as the United States and ...

Award Winners

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 ...

Data

Global Economic Indicators: Key Sources and Links

Global Finance’s selection of the best links to authoritative sources of global economic statistics, indicators and data. INTERNATIONAL SOURCES FOR GLOBAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS IMF – International Monetary Fund: Homepage Data and Statistics World Economic Outlook database on selected macroeconomic ...

Award Winners

Portugal

Steady Progress

The World’s Best Sub-Custodians

Awards: Best Investment Banks

Best Investment Banks 2010: Country Winners

Foreign Exchange

Features: Awards Best Emerging Market Banks 2010 Africa

Hitting a Wall of Debt

Best Developed Markets Banks Awards

Global Economic Indicators: Key Sources and Links

World’s BEST TRADE FINANCE PROVIDERS 2010

Corporate Financing: Mergers & Acquisitions

Features: Annual Survey: Best Trade Finance Banks