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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Brazil, China Lead Global IPO Rebound

Global Equity/drs By Gordon Platt Brazil and China accounted for two-thirds of global capital raised through initial public offerings in the second quarter, with the United States and Europe lagging behind. The US market sprang to life in ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Rebound In Risk Appetite Creates Problems For Dollar

Foreign Exchange By Gordon Platt As the global economic recovery gathers pace, the dollar is being undermined by the improvement in investors’ risk appetite. As US and other global investors seek higher returns in emerging markets and commodities, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Rising Defaults Threaten To Derail Rally

Corporate Debt By Gordon Platt The strong rally in the high-yield debt market could be running out of steam, as the number of companies defaulting on their debts continues to rise, analysts say. The US high-yield default ...

Banking

Cover Story: World’s Best Banks 2009

Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best global, regional and country banks. By Gordon Platt Much has changed in the banking world over the past year—although not as much as might have been expected at the ...

News

Editor’s Letter: The Perils Of Progress

At last, after months of uncertainty, countries around the world are beginning to quietly unwind their stimulus programs, suggesting that those in the know are confident the worlds economy is no longer about to implode...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Generic Drug Blockbusters Timed For Yearly Release

Company To Watch: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories/india By GP Hyderabad-based Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, India’s second-biggest pharmaceutical company, is a major global supplier of generic drugs. It has developed a strategic plan to increase its market share in the United ...

Award Winners

Features : Central Banker Report Cards 2009

During one of the toughest years on record, the world’s central bankers were tested as never before. Contributors: Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero, Anita Hawser and Dan Keeler It is clear that 2009 is not a year on which ...

Country Report

Features: Country Report: China

THE NEXT GREAT LEAP FORWARD Ample liquidity and a bold government stimulus package have catapulted China past stumbling rival economies. By Thomas Clouse China is showing few symptoms of an economic crisis. While many of the world’s ...

News

Newsmakers: Economic Gloom Deepens As Honduras Crisis Continues

Honduras Antonio Guerrero Zelaya: Garnering interna tional supprt After Honduran soldiers stormed leftist president Manuel Zelaya’s home in June and he fled into exile, many speculated the Central American nation’s economy was poised for growth. After all, Zelaya ...

Banking

The United States

Corporate Finance: Brazil, China Lead Global IPO Rebound

Corporate Finance: Rebound In Risk Appetite Creates Problems For Dollar

Corporate Finance: Rising Defaults Threaten To Derail Rally

Cover Story: World’s Best Banks 2009

Editor’s Letter: The Perils Of Progress

Emerging Markets: Generic Drug Blockbusters Timed For Yearly Release

Features : Central Banker Report Cards 2009

Features: Country Report: China

Newsmakers: Economic Gloom Deepens As Honduras Crisis Continues

Newsmakers: Geithner Presses For Controls On Banks’ Risk-Taking

Turkey: EU Accession Process

WORLD’S TOP CENTRAL BANKERS 2009