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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Mergers & Acquisitions

Morgan Stanley Leads After Three Quarters BY Gordon Platt Morgan Stanley edged out Goldman Sachs as the top financial adviser on mergers and acquisitions worldwide in the first three quarters of 2009, as M&A; activity declined 38% from ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features: Asia Goes Abroad

Regional Report / Asia Investment Investment into—and out of—Asia bucked the global trend over the past year as China and India continue to power the region’s economic progress. By Thomas Clouse The past year has been a ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: Corporate Cards Go Virtual

CORPORATE CARDS GO GLOBAL AND VIRTUAL Companies are reworking their corporate card programs and setting up new corporate purchase card programs to improve spend management and gain greater control over global expenses. By Denise Bedell Companies ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: Roundtable: Custody & Investors’ Services

PROVIDING CONFIDENCE IN TROUBLED TIMES As they seek to better understand and manage the risks and value in their portfolios, investors are looking for more support than ever from their custody and investors’ services providers. Moderated by ...

Award Winners

Features: World’s Best Derivatives Providers

Derivatives Stage A Comeback Market participants are rediscovering the appeal of derivatives, and the providers that stayed the course during the recent meltdown are reaping the benefits. By Laurence Neville In the year covered by Global Finance’s ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX Supplement: Who’s Who In Foreign Exchange 2009

Who’s Who ILYA SOROKIN president and CEO ActForex Ilya Sorokin is president and CEO of ActForex, a New York-based provider of retail foreign exchange trading platforms. The firm’s Internet Currency Trading System (ICTS) has the ability to accommodate various ...

News

Sources for Country Economic Reports & GDP Data

Sources and Links DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION Central bank Bank for International Settlements International Reserves IMF World Bank Gross Domestic Product - GDP International Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook April 2012 GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) International ...

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

The United States

Corporate Finance: Mergers & Acquisitions

Features: Asia Goes Abroad

Features: Corporate Cards Go Virtual

Features: Roundtable: Custody & Investors’ Services

Features: World’s Best Derivatives Providers

FX Supplement: Who’s Who In Foreign Exchange 2009

Sources for Country Economic Reports & GDP Data

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