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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features : Future Imperfect

Swooning equity markets have added to the troubles facing many corporate pension plans and will only accelerate the move to defined contribution plans. By Anita Hawser For some time now observers have been warning of a looming pension crisis ...

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Features: Annual Survey: Russia’s Roller Coaster Runs On Oil

After a difficult year, Russia's fortunes look set to improve. The country is still too dependent on oil for its future prosperity, though. By Nick Kochan While analysts tend to compare Russia with the other BRIC ...

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Features: Best Investment Banks

The clouds parted over the investment banking business in the first quarter of this year amid some hope that a more sustainable model for success is emerging. By Gordon Platt September 21, 2008, was a date that may be ...

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ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AWARDS – 2009

Best Sukuk Bank Dubai Islamic Bank Best Islamic Retail Bank Al Rajhi Bank Best Islamic Investment Bank Falcom Best Takaful...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Regulars : Milestones : Global

Before the credit crunch took a massive bite out of global economic activity, oil prices were heading skyward, and fears that supplies might actually run out were rampant. By Anita Hawser Although the subsequent economic malaise sent energy ...

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Regulars : Newsmakers : United States

China and Brazil appear to be joining forces in an attempt to unseat the dollar as the de facto global reserve currency. By Anitar Hawser According to Brazil’s central bank, the two countries are actively discussing trading with ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Regulars: Foreign exchange

Good Newsforthe Global EconomyTranslates Into Bad News For Dollar Improvement in the global economic outlook spells trouble for the dollar, which is losing its allure as a safe haven amid growing concern about ballooning US government debt. BY ...

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WORLD’S BEST INVESTMENT BANKS 2010

Global Finance names the World’s Best Investment Banks 2010 New York, April 19, 2010 Global Finance announces its selection of...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones : Countries count cost of credit crisis

It’s not just companies that are caught in the fallout from the credit crunch; countries are suffering, too. In the latest assessment from risk analysis firm Coface, 47 countries—including the US, the UK, Japan and Germany—have seen their financial-strength rating ...

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Milestones : Low inflation sees FED print more money

Consumer prices in the United States fell unexpectedly in March, posting their first 12-month decline since 1955. It is clear that the recession is keeping a tight lid on prices and is providing cover for the Federal Reserve to ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Foreign exchange

WORRIES ABOUT FUNDING DEFICITS COME TO FORE Deficit financing has replaced interest rates as the driving force in the currency markets, analysts say. As short-term rates converge toward zero, their influence on currency values is dissipating and the ...

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Corporate Finance : Global equities/DRs

UNSPONSORED ADRS ATTRACT INVESTORS, BOOSTING VOLUME IN OTC SECURITIES Of the more than 1,000 unsponsored American depositary receipt programs created in the wake of last October’s rule change by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, a handful are attracting significant ...