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BEST SUB-CUSTODIANS – 2008
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BEST TRADE FINANCE PROVIDERS – 2008
CATEGORY SUB-CATEGORY WINNER REGIONAL WINNER Americas Citi Europe BNP Paribas CEE UniCredit Nordic Region SEB Middle East Arab Bank Asia...
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Features: World’s best trade finance banks 2009
ANNUAL SURVEY / BEST TRADE FINANCE BANKS Trade finance banks are enjoying rising demand for basic risk management services as world trade faces a difficult period. Global trade is expected to decline in 2009 for the first time since 1982, ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cover Story: The price for protection
THE NEW PROTECTIONISTS As countries seek to safeguard their economies from the effects of the global downturn, they risk being accused of protectionism. The fall-out could be ugly. When US president-elect Barack Obama sailed to victory in the November ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Banking Giants Push For Growth
BRAZIL Presidents Medvedev and Lula call for the first-ever BRIC summit. Eager to maintain its status as Latin America’s largest financial institution, Banco do Brasil, Brazil’s largest state-controlled bank, announced the acquisition of Nossa Caixa, a bank ...
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Features : World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2009
BEST FX PROVIDERS Global Finance selects the leaders in the world’s biggest financial market. The foreign exchange market has continued to thrive throughout the global financial crisis, providing some welcome profits for beleaguered financial institutions. Average daily turnover has ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : IMF And Fed Fail To Stem Asset Flight
NEWS The International Monetary Fund’s new short-term lending program and Federal Reserve swap lines could help ease currency and interest rate pressures in eligible emerging market countries but may be no panacea for the exodus of private funds ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Features : Breaking Up Or Breaking Down?
THE DECOUPLING DEBATE Proponents of the theory that emerging markets are decoupling from the West’s economies have had a tough year. Their vision may yet be coming true, though. If the United States sneezes, the rest of the world ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Newsmakers : Emerging Markets Face Savage Reversal Of Funds Flows
GLOBAL Capon: Asia's funds are drying up fast. The credit crunch has shattered a lot of illusions about the soundness of the global financial system, and another theory that has been challenged is that of “decoupling,” ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Hong Kong To Trade Drs To Boost Foreign Listings
GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS Hong Kong’s stock exchange has put a framework in place to begin trading depositary receipts, which will make it the only Asian exchange to allow DR issuers to target retail investors. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKex) ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : India’s Companies Continue Aggressive Acquisition Spree
INDIA Nano, no? Protests in West Bengal may derail Tata's plans to build the world's cheapest car. According to a survey by consultant KPMG, India’s companies are among the world’s most aggressive in buying companies based in ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Features : Risky Business
CORPORATE TOOLBOX / POLITICAL RISK In recent years, political risks facing multinationals have grown more significant. Corporations are far from blameless in creating that risk, though. Heightened tensions: Multinationals in countries such as Venezuela face growing risks. With ...