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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: The Americas – Nafta

CAN NAFTA FILL THE GAP? For gaps in Nafta to be plugged, it may take smaller bilateral agreements rather than wide-ranging change to the original FTA. By Denise Bedell Renegotiating Nafta: (from left to right) US president ...

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Holding Steady

ANNUAL SURVEY: CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARDS by Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Dan Keeler Central bankers sit tight in the face of renewed global uncertainty. Indications that the global economic recovery is losing momentum have created a ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Milestones: SEC Issues Wake-up Call On Climate-Change Disclosure

United States By Gordon Platt All change: Climate risk moves up the corporate agenda The US Securities and Exchange Commission opened a can of worms with its decision to require companies to consider the effects of climate change ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Petrobras Sale Clears Way for IPOs

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Petrobras, Brazil's state-run oil company, was scheduled to come to market with $35 billion of shares as Global Finance went to press. That would make the sale the world's ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Risky Business

FOCUS: RISK CONSULTING By Paula L. Green Companies are showing increasing interest in employing risk consultants to help them manage their exposure. As they protect employees, property and supply chains flung around the globe, corporate executives are ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Rusal Plans To Create DR Program in Russia

EMERGING MARKET INVESTORS: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt Rusal, the world's largest producer of aluminum, plans to create a Russian depositary receipt (RDR) program on the Micex Stock Exchange and the Russian Trading System by the end of ...

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WORLD’S 50 BIGGEST BANKS 2010

Global Finance ranks the 50 Biggest Banks Top 10 see $3.2 trillion drop in assets NEW YORK, September 13, 2010...

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WORLD’S TOP CENTRAL BANKERS 2010

Global Finance Magazine names the World’s Top Central Bankers 2010 New York, September 9, 2010 – Global Finance magazine has...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cement Maker Bags Contracts in LatAm

Emerging Markets Investor: Company To Watch By Gordon Platt Cementos Argos, the leader in the Colombian cement industry, with a 51% market share, is benefiting from growing construction activity in its home market and a healthy backlog of ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Running For Cover

UPDATE — ENVIRONMENTAL RISK INSURANCE By Paula L. Green Demand for environmental and climate-change-related insurance is set to rise sharply. Along with more government regulations meant to rein in multinationals’ damage to the environment, the heightened public ...

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TCM: Who’s Who

WHO'S WHO Who’s Who in Treasury and Cash Management By Vanessa Drucker Donald E. Berk Senior Vice President, Corporate & Institutional Services Northern Trust As director of product and process management for enterprise banking services at ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: China

ROUNDUP By Thomas Clouse Power hungry: China’s energy use climbs China overtook the United States to become the world’s largest energy consumer, according to figures released in July by the International Energy Agency. China used energy equivalent to ...