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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company To Watch: Zambeef Products / Zambia

EXPANDING PRODUCT LINES AT ZAMBEEF By Gordon Platt Zambeef Products of Zambia is one of the largest agribusinesses in Africa, with more than 4,000 employees. In June 2011, it became the first Zambian company to list on the London ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Country Report: Angola

LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES By Dan Keeler The improving economic and investment environment makes Angola a tempting target for foreign direct investors. But changes aimed at improving the business environment and building infrastructure must move forward before the country ...

Country Report

Country Report: Morocco

TURNING POINT By Michael Shari One of Africa's most vibrant economies is in the midst of a high-stakes political transition that will determine whether it continues on a path of reform or contends with the type of backlash that shook ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Awards: Best Trade Finance Banks 2012

ANNUAL SURVEY AND AWARDS: LIQUIDITY AND REGULATIONS SQUEEZE TRADE FINANCE By Gordon Platt The global economy is threatened by a shortage of financing for international trade, as banks reassess their business models. The availability and cost of ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Best Trade Finance Banks 2012: Regional Winners

By Gordon Platt BEST TRADE FINANCE BANKS 2012: REGIONAL WINNERS AMERICAS Citi Citi's trade finance business set records across the board in 2011, as all of the pieces seemed to fall in place for the bank. "We were ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Protests Rock Nigeria After Gas Subsidies Are Pulled

MILESTONES: NIGERIA By Michael Shari The government of Nigeria took a calculated political risk when it removed gasoline subsidies on January 1. Paying at the pump: Nigeria ends gasoline subsidies The sudden move more than doubled local ...

Banking

Sector Report: Middle East Telecoms

SOWING SEEDS OF CHANGE By Anita Hawser The Arab Spring heralded the beginnings of reform and showed the growing importance of social media in enabling communal action. The telecoms sector in the Middle East has been forever changed ...

Award Winners

Best Foreign Exchange Providers: Regional Winners

By Gordon Platt BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS: REGIONAL WINNERS NORTH AMERICA Citi Feig, Citi: We have invested in people and technology and are seeing our market share rise as a result As Citi prepares to celebrate its 200th anniversary in ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: New China Life Raises $1.9 Billion

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt New China Life Insurance raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering in Hong Kong and Shanghai in December, but it was forced to price the issue at the bottom of ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Sector Report: Commodities

COMMODITIES TEST THE BORDERS OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE By Michael Shari Commodity producers are turning to specialized banks that are willing to take multiple layers of risk in private deals. Great ideas are born at times like these. ...
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