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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Globalization At A Crossroads

Twelve months is a long time in financial markets, and the phenomenon of globalization appears to have reached a fork in the road, with growth in emerging markets looking challenged. Is the globalization frenzy coming to an end?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Junk Bond Issuance: Scrapped

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS High-yield corporate bond issuance and trading have slowed considerably in the face of uncertainty about Federal Reserve monetary policy, at a time when chairman Ben Bernanke is about to hand over the reins to Janet Yellen, ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Latin America: Libra Rising

EMERGING MARKETS REGIONAL REVIEW Latin America may be experiencing its worst slowdown in economic growth since the global financial crisis, but there are some bright spots for investors willing to play a long game. While some analysts had predicted 2014 ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Middle East: A Different Kind Of Fuel

Oil may be the liquid that drives many of the economies in the Middle East, but the spread of the Internet has unleashed a new generation of tech-entrepreneurs and start-ups, fueling hopes of a non-oil economy for the future.

Award Winners

World’s Best Derivatives Providers 2013

GLOBAL RISK MANAGEMENT — BANKS, PLATFORMS VIE FOR CONTROL By Gordon Platt Global Finance presents its annual awards highlighting the best global derivatives providers. Four large commercial banks account for 93% of the total US banking industry’s notional amounts of ...

Award Winners

World’s Best Insurance Providers 2013

Presenting the winners of theGlobal FinanceBest Risk Management Providers 2013.

Awards

World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2013

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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Is the US really open for business?

A welcome sign (Photo: Aaron Pruzaniec) The Great Recession, along with a changing global economic landscape, has led leaders in...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BRICs Sink In Change Ranking

MILESTONES By Paula L Green It doesn’t seem to matter how rich a country may be. Or the number of...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Life And Pensions Rebound

RISK MANAGEMENT By Karen Kroll Corporate life and pensions insurance is regaining strength as economic conditions improve. The US market for corporate- and bank-owned life insurance (COLI and BOLI, respectively) and corporate supplemental pension plansor top hat plansare once again ...

Editor's Letter

Editor’s Letter: All Eyes On The Big Players

DEAR READER NOVEMBER 2013 | VOL. 27 NO. 10 A few months ago nobody would have expected the United States...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Equity: Coming Out Party

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt Led by growth companies in the technology and healthcare sectors, investor returns on initial...