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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: Capital Raisings Nearly Triple

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Capital raisings using depositary receipts (DRs) nearly tripled in the first half of 2011, compared to the same period a year earlier, while DR trading volume and the number of ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Vietnamese PM Starts Second Term Of Office

NEWSMAKERS: VIETNAM By Thomas Clouse Nguyen Tan Dung, the Vietnamese prime minister who guided the country through its entry into the World Trade Organization in 2007 and successfully navigated the financial crisis of 2008, is set for a ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

ASEAN Moves Closer To Political Cohesion

MILESTONES: ASIA By Thomas Clouse The Association of Southeast Asian Nations took another step toward political cohesion in late July, agreeing jointly with China to nonbinding guidelines for settling competing territorial claims in the South China Sea. South China Sea—still ...

Awards

WORLD’S BEST INTERNET BANKS IN ASIA 2011

Global Finance names the World’s Best Internet Banks in Asia 2011 NEW YORK, July 22, 2011 Global Finance has announced...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Asian Infrastructure Finance Gets International Boost

MILESTONES: ASIA by Denise Bedell Charged up: Investment should enhance power grid Vietnam’s National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) has launched a $200 million, 13-year infrastructure finance facility that demonstrates the growing enthusiasm among international investors for financing Asian ...

Award Winners

Awards: The World’s Best Subcustodians

ANNUAL SURVEY: MEETING NEW DEMANDS By Gordon Platt Subcustodians focus on real-time data and safety of client assets. The world’s leading subcustodians are investing in new systems to meet an increasing desire from global custodians for real-time ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: Cash-Rich Firms Drive M&A

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS / MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Corporate Finance Focus by Gordon Platt Corporations worldwide are using their cash stockpiles to make acquisitions and are driving M&A; activity to a higher level that confirms the bullish trend ...

Editor's Letter

Commodities And Inflation

Commodity prices seem to increasingly influence the world economy—both on the producer and consumer side—and the financial markets...

Award Winners

WORLD’S BEST SUB-CUSTODIAN BANKS 2011

Global Finance names the World’s Best Sub-Custodian Banks 2011 NEW YORK, May 16, 2011 Global Finance magazine has released its...

Features

DR News: First Vietnam-Based Company Lists GDRs In London

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt Hoang Anh Gia Lai, a conglomerate with interests in real estate and rubber plantations, has become the first Vietnam-based company to list global depositary receipts (GDRs) on the London Stock ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: China, Russia Lead Capital Raising

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt China And Russia To Lead Capital Raising Using Depositary Receipts Companies based in Russia and China are extremely interested in listing overseas and probably will be the biggest issuers ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Vietnam Reshapes Economic Strategy

MILESTONES: VIETNAM By Thomas Clouse Vietnam’s policymakers are struggling to rein in inflation after the consumer price index (CPI) rose by a two-year high of 13.9% year-on-year in March. Spending roars ahead The country performed well throughout ...