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BEST SUB-CUSTODIANS – 2009
NEW YORK, May 12, 2009 Global Finance magazine has released its seventh annual ranking of the Best Sub-Custodians. This exclusive...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Milestones: Uk Tops Foreign Direct Investment League Table
United Kingdom By Anita Hawser London calling: Investors’ faith in the UK is growing The largest investor in the UK remained the United States, which increased its investment by 30% on 2007-2008 levels. The US accounted for ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance: Big Emerging Market Mergers Create World-scale Competitors
Mergers & Acquisitions BY GORDON PLATT Two of Brazil's biggest food companies, Perdigão and Sadia, plan to merge in a stock-swap transaction that will create a multinational food company with annual sales of $10.6 billion. The new company, ...
Country Report
Features: Country Report – Portugal
LESS PAIN, MORE GAIN Portugal's pre-credit crunch party was not as wild as that of many other countries, and its hangover should be much less severe as a result. By Adam Rombel You do not have to ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Features: Insurance Insecurity
In the wake of the near-collapse of AIG, many companies are taking a much closer look at the health of their own insurers. By Paula L.Green Corporate risk officers are asking more questions, checking more documents, diversifying their ...
Award Winners
Features: World’s Best Sub-custodians
SUB-CUSTODIANS TACKLE NEW CHALLENGES Global Finance selects the leading providers of the specialized services that make cross-border investing possible. By Gordon Platt Global custodians and money managers are putting their sub-custodians under the microscope in the wake ...
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...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Cover Story: All Change
Recent financial turmoil has accelerated the seismic shifts taking place in the balance of global economic and political power. How the major powers act in the coming years will determine the future shape of globalization. BY LAURENCE NEVILLE The global ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Features : Exchange-Traded Derivatives Prove Their Worth
EXCHANGE-TRADED DERIVATIVES PROVE THEIR WORTH As product offerings grow and pricing improves, exchange-traded derivatives are increasingly appealing to both corporate and institutional buyers of derivatives contracts. By DENISE BEDELL Of the lessons learned by companies during the ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Features : Future Imperfect
Swooning equity markets have added to the troubles facing many corporate pension plans and will only accelerate the move to defined contribution plans. By Anita Hawser For some time now observers have been warning of a looming pension crisis ...
Country Report
Features : Turbulent Times
T URBULENT TIMES Despite global economic challenges, Greece presents investors with opportunities. By Adam Rombel Things are bad everywhere, but they are not as bad here. That sums up the plight of the economy and business climate ...