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Taiwan Seeks New Growth Opportunities

THE TIES THAT BIND By Arthur Clennam Economic forces are subtly improving prospects for Taiwanese companies seeking new markets in China. An ancient folk story from Taiwan goes something like this: A frog lives for years in ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Treasury & Cash Management: Asia—Latin America Trade Builds New Frontiers

EXPEDITING GROWTH By Anita Hawser Trade flows between Latin America and Asia are growing at a phenomenal pace. An increasing number and variety of banks and other agencies are providing liquidity and trade finance solutions to nurture these ...

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WORLD’S TOP CENTRAL BANKERS 2012

Global Finance Magazine Grades theWorld’s Top Central Bankers 2012 New York, August 23, 2012 – Global Finance magazine has named...

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WORLD’S 50 SAFEST BANKS 2012

GLOBAL FINANCE names theWorld’s 50 Safest Banks 2012 NEW YORK, August 16, 2012 Bank stability remains a pressing concern for...

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WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS IN ASIA 2012

GLOBAL FINANCE names theWorld’s Safest Banks 2012 in Asia NEW YORK, August 16, 2012 Global Finance magazine ( GF mag.com)...

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WORLD’S BEST CORPORATE/INSTITUTIONAL INTERNET BANKS IN ASIA 2012

Global Finance names the 2012 World’s Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks inAsia NEW YORK, July 27, 2012 Global Finance has announced...

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WORLD’S BEST CONSUMER INTERNET BANKS IN ASIA 2012

Global Finance names the 2012 World’s Best Consumer Internet Banks in Asia NEW YORK, July 20, 2012 Global Finance has...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Derivatives

TOOLS FOR MANAGING RISK, OR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION? By Gordon Platt As companies looked to hedge their risks, a new asset class, derivatives, was born in the 1980s. But over the years a number of substantial losses ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Foreign Exchange

CURRENCY CRISES AND CURRENCY WARS By Gordon Platt FX has withstood many crises, including speculative attacks on the British pound, the Mexican peso crisis, the Thai baht crisis and, more recently, a euro under strain and a potential threat ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Words Of Wisdom: Channa De Silva, LR Global

PEARL OF THE INDIAN OCEAN By Kim Iskyan Channa de Silva heads up LR Global Sri Lanka Asset Management, a top Sri Lankan private equity firm. He was previously CEO of the country's Securities Exchange Commission and executive ...

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Words Of Wisdom: Piyush Gupta, DBS Group

DISINTERMEDIATION AND GLOBALIZATION By Thomas Clouse Piyush Gupta is CEO of Singapore's DBS Group Holdings and DBS Bank. Global Finance: What have been the key financial trends since 1987? Piyush Gupta: On a global level, disintermediation, not just ...

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Awards: World’s Best Subcustodians 2012

NEW HORIZONS By Gordon Platt With every new regulation that hits global trust and custody banks, a new service is born for subcustodians. Keeping up is expensive and challenging, but nonetheless it is a good time to be ...