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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : 1,000 Unsponsored Adr Programs Created In Last Three Months, Often Without Consent Of Issuers

GLOBAL EQUITY /DRS More than 1,000 unsponsored American depositary receipt programs were created in the last three months of 2008, in many cases without the permission of the companies whose shares are being traded in the US over-the-counter ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Credit Market Enters Eye Of The Storm

CORPORATE DEBT A combination of heavy supply and rising defaults makes it difficult to forecast a bottom for the credit markets in 2009, analysts say. The new-issue market in US high-yield bonds remained frozen solid late last year, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Middle Market Caves In Under Weight Of Crunch

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS * Figures may not add up, as more than one bank typically obtains credit for any one transaction. Merger and acquisition activity in the middle market, which had held up relatively well in the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Shortage Of Dollars Supports Greenback

FOREIGN EXCHANGE A persistent shortage of dollars in global money markets is helping to bolster the greenback, even as US economic data portray an economy that is mired in recession, currency analysts say. The dollar continues to benefit ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story: The price for protection

THE NEW PROTECTIONISTS As countries seek to safeguard their economies from the effects of the global downturn, they risk being accused of protectionism. The fall-out could be ugly. When US president-elect Barack Obama sailed to victory in the November ...

News

Editor’s Letter : A Question Of Trust

At its core, the entire global financial system operates on the basis of trust...

Country Report

Features : Country Report : Taiwan

Policymakers in Taiwan are pulling out all the stops in their response to the global economic slump. Taiwan's president Ma Ying-jeou: Promoting better relations with China. Taiwan is an economic success story. The island, despite political ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : Eastern Promise

CHINA AND INDIA As the global economy continues to struggle, many are hoping China and India will save the world from a synchronized dive into recession. Growth industry: India's call center business is flourishing. As the United States ...

Award Winners

Features : World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2009

BEST FX PROVIDERS Global Finance selects the leaders in the world’s biggest financial market. The foreign exchange market has continued to thrive throughout the global financial crisis, providing some welcome profits for beleaguered financial institutions. Average daily turnover has ...

News

Newsmakers : Credit Crunch May Be A Myth

United States Marenzi: Interbank lending assertions are puzzling. A chorus of dissenting voices has emerged that is challenging the widely held belief that interbank lending markets have dried up, commercial lending is being curtailed, and non-financial commercial paper ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Dollar Shoots Higher Amid Financial Crisis

FOREIGN EXCHANGE The dollar will resume its remarkable comeback as slumping economies around the world trigger rising credit defaults and usher in a new flight to safety, currency analysts say. “Developments in the credit and equity markets will ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Surge Of Bank Mergers Dominates Deal Activity

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Government-encouraged bank mergers and bailouts are keeping global M&A; activity alive amid the financial crisis, which has severely restricted financing for corporate buyouts. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo’s $15.1 billion acquisition of Wachovia, which derailed a ...