Banking
Central Bankers Report Cards 2008
CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARDS 2008 ANNUAL SURVEY/ CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARDS Contributors: Antonio Guerrero, Anita Hawser and Gordon Platt History...
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BEST INVESTMENT BANKS – 2009
The clouds parted over the investment banking business in the first quarter of this year amid some hope that a...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Global Equity/DRs
ASIA, MIDDLE EAST LEADING IPO THAW BY GORDON PLATT The level of initial public offerings has been at historic lows for nearly a year, but recent large IPOs in Asia and the Middle East have broken the ice, ...
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Features: Best Investment Banks
The clouds parted over the investment banking business in the first quarter of this year amid some hope that a more sustainable model for success is emerging. By Gordon Platt September 21, 2008, was a date that may be ...
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Features: Islamic Financial Institutions Awards 2009
Global Finance selects the winners in a fast-growing area of finance that combines investing according to the tenets of Islamic law with modern financial products and systems. By Laurence Neville For a brief moment it seemed that the world ...
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ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AWARDS – 2009
Best Sukuk Bank Dubai Islamic Bank Best Islamic Retail Bank Al Rajhi Bank Best Islamic Investment Bank Falcom Best Takaful...
Banking
Regulars : EM Roundup Middle East
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the US-based private equity firm, received a license to operate from the Dubai International Financial Center. By Gordon Platt The building in which the firm, whose 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco was chronicled in ...
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WORLD’S BEST INVESTMENT BANKS 2010
Global Finance names the World’s Best Investment Banks 2010 New York, April 19, 2010 Global Finance announces its selection of...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets : EM ROUNDUP Middle East
The real liquidity crisis in the Middle East, as well as in parts of Asia and Africa, is the shortage of water, according to a report by Standard Chartered Bank. Consumption of fresh water must be strictly limited to the ...
Banking
Cover Story : Recession Proof
MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL REPORT RECESSION PROOF Saudi Arabia epitomizes the trend toward big spending on infrastructure by oil-rich nations that is keeping their economies afloat. By Gordon Platt The Middle East is not immune to the effects of the global ...
News
Newsmakers : Perella Taps Into Petrodollar Boom
United Kingdom/United States Perella: Sees major opportunities Joseph Perella’s new investment firm looks well positioned to book some major deals in the Middle East. With petrodollars from around the world flooding into investments in the Gulf ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE BANKS – 2009
NEW YORK, November 18, 2008 Global Finance magazine has named the Best Foreign Exchange Banks and Providers by country, region...