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Features: Annual Survey: Best Trade Finance Banks

BANKERS GET READY FOR REBOUND IN WORLD TRADE Trade finance and risk management services are in growing demand as world trade recovers and credit issues remain a concern. By Gordon Platt The outlook for global trade is ...

Features

Features: Country Focus: Japan

JAPAN SCRAMBLES FOR A FRESH START Japan’s new government is working hard to find ways to rouse the country’s economy from its persistent malaise. By Thomas Clouse Japan is a country of economic contrasts. It is a nation ...

Banking

Features: Focus: Global Custody

Settling Up Europe’s exchanges are working hard to reduce the complexity of clearing and settlement across the region. By Anita Hawser Any custodian doing business inEurope is used to dealing with “spaghetti”—not the variety of Italian ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: Spotlight: Equity Derivatives

BACK FROM THE BRINK The revival of interest in equity derivatives reflects a broader return of risk appetite among corporations and investors. By Laurence Neville The recovery in sentiment in most markets during 2009 was dramatic, and ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Cover Story: PAYING FOR THE GREEN REVOLUTION

Paying For The Green Revolution Huge investments will be required to enable the world to make the transition to renewable energy sources to cut greenhouse gas emissions and stave off an environmental disaster. By Gordon Platt There ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones: Caribbean Nation Eyes $600 Million Bond Issue

Dominican Republic By Antonio Guerrero About turn: Dominican Republic signs up to IMF program With investors hunting for yield, the stage is set for more “exotic” issuers to tap global markets for financing, including some previous defaulters. ...

News

Milestones: Kraft-Cadbury Hookup Helps Define New World Of M&A

United States/United Kingdom By Gordon Platt A sweet deal: Kraft swallows Cadbury after a long battle US-based Kraft Foods’ $19.7 billion takeover of British chocolate maker Cadbury last month will create the world’s largest candy company. The deal ...

News

Newsmakers: Mystery Buyer Bets Big On Treasury Bonds

United States By Gordon Platt Whodunnit? Mystery buyer mops up US treasuries The last thing the global financial markets need right now is a failed US treasury bond auction. Thankfully, recent auctions have gone smoothly, with the swelling ...

News

Newsmakers: Obama Bashes Banks And Seeks “Responsibility Fee”

United States By Gordon Platt Obama: Banks should call off their lawyers and lobbyists As a Congressional commission opened hearings last month on the cause of the financial crisis, United States president Barack Obama proposed a tax ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Newsmakers: Poor Compliance Sows Seeds Of Next Financial Meltdown

Global By Anita Hawser Johns: Compliance is key to avoiding another crash Senior banking and compliance officers surveyed by compliance solutions provider Complinet are already talking about the next financial crisis, which they believe will happen within ...

Features

All Politics Is Global: Explaining International Regulatory Regimes

Amazon Editorial reviews Product Description Has globalization diluted the power of national governments to regulate their own economies? Are international...

Features

China’s Rise: Challenges and Opportunities

Amazon Editorial reviews Product Description The global economic crisis has made clear China’s importance and expanding role on the world...