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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX: Yen’s Fall Awakens FX Market

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The yen took a nasty tumble last month, shaking the sleepy foreign exchange market out of a long slumber. While the attention of market participants was focused on the ...

Awards

WORLD’S BEST TRADE FINANCE BANKS 2013

Global Finance names the World’s Best Trade Finance Banks 2013 NEW YORK, December 19, 2012 Global Finance magazine ( GFmag.com...

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Awards: Risk Management Providers 2012

RISKY BUSINESS By Alfred Modugno Global Finance presents the winners of its Best Global Risk Management Providers 2012 Awards, incorporating our Best Global Insurers and Best Derivatives Providers Awards. There is no question the world has become ...

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EM Safest Banks: Safest Banks By Region

HOW WE MEASURE THE SAFETY OF BANKS By Andrew Cunningham The safest banks chart compares the ratings for the world’s largest 500 banks, based on asset size. Long-term foreign currency ratings issued by Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor’s and ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Review: Fast-Growing Economies Drive African Growth

A RACE TO THE FINISH By Jonathan Gregson With several of the world’s fastest-growing economies to be found in sub-Saharan Africa, investors are keen. They are now looking beyond the commodities sector, and China continues to lead the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Review: Feeding Growth

NOURISHING GROWTH By Laurence Neville Despite slowing growth in the BRIC countries, emerging markets generally continue their ascent. Although they have made fewer headlines than usual over the past year, developing countries have experienced some pivotal, uplifting moments—both ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Review: Policy Change Needed In Central & Eastern Europe

SEEKING THE BRIGHT SIDE By Justin Keay Little of the news coming out of Central and Eastern Europe right now is upbeat, but concerted policy efforts by regional governments could garner some economic reward in 2013. These ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX: Positive US Economy Boosts Dollar

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt A batch of better-than-expected US economic data, including nonfarm payrolls and housing prices, gave the dollar a lift last month. Analysts said the signs of strength diminished the need ...

Banking

Polls And Stats: Labor Productivity

Those countries that adapt well to changing economic environments and embrace new developments are more likely to boast high productivity, according to think tank The Conference Board of Canada. During the crisis in 2008 and 2009, OECD productivity contracted by ...

News

Salon: David Kirkpatrick, Techonomy

ERADICATING THE HIERARCHY By Vanessa Drucker In this month’s Salon, Global Finance sits down with David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect. As founder and CEO of Techonomy, he hosts conferences that illuminate the growing connection between technology, ...

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World’s BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS 2013

Global Finance names the World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2013 NEW YORK, November 27, 2012 Global Finance magazine has named...

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SAFEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE 2012

GLOBAL FINANCE names the Safest Emerging Market Banks 2012 in Central & Eastern Europe NEW YORK, November 6, 2012 Global...