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Editor’s Letter: Safety Catch
SAFETY CATCH <br/> The two most powerful forces in modern capitalism are, arguably, greed and fear...
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : India
Electoral gains: Poll-related spending will help boost India's economy in 2009. According to a consensus taken from a group of prominent Indian economists, including those representing the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, J.P. Morgan India and S&P; Asia Pacific, ...
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Newsmakers : Roth Brings Down Franc
SWITZERLAND Roth: Doing the whole region a favor by pushing down the franc. Jean-Pierre Roth, the low-key chairman of the Swiss National Bank, is not the type of person you would expect to shock ...
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...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
BEST TRADE FINANCE PROVIDERS – 2009
Americas Citi Europe BNP Paribas Central and Eastern Europe UniCredit Middle East Arab Bank Nordic SEB Asia Standard Chartered Africa...
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Corporate Finance : Corporate Debt
ICE BEGINS CLEARING CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS AS COUNTERPARTY RISK HITS RECORD HIGH The first central counterparty clearinghouse for credit default swaps (CDS) began operating on March 9, the same day that perceptions of default risk among the largest derivatives market ...
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Corporate Finance : Mergers & Acquisitions
DRUG MERGERS EASE M&A; DROUGHT The need for bigger drug-development pipelines and more diversified businesses with greater geographic reach is fueling a wave of mergers in the pharmaceutical industry that is providing investment bankers with some much-needed underwriting fees. ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Pfizer-wyeth Merger May Set Off A Wave Of Consolidation
Mergers & Acquisitions The credit crunch has not put an end to major acquisitions by well-run companies that have a compelling strategic plan and a pile of cash. New York-based Pfizer, the world’s biggest drug maker, agreed ...
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Emerging Markets : Roth brings down franc
Jean-Pierre Roth, the low-key chairman of the Swiss National Bank, is not the type of person you would expect to shock the financial world. But that is exactly what he did on March 12 when he confirmed that the bank ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: India
Electoral gains: Poll-related spending will help boost India's economy in 2009 According to a consensus taken from a group of prominent Indian economists, including those representing the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, J.P. Morgan India and S&P; Asia Pacific, the ...
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BEST DEVELOPED MARKET BANKS – 2008
Bermuda Butterfiled Bank Canada RBC United States JPMorgan Chase Austria Bank Austria Creditanstalt Belgium Fortis Bank Cyprius Bank of Cyprus...
Award Winners
BEST DEVELOPED MARKET BANKS 2009
Bermuda Butterfield Bank Canada Scotiabank United States J.P. Morgan Chase Austria Bank Austria Belgium KBC Group Denmark Danske Bank Finland...