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Debt: Saudi Sukuk Market Heats Up
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt A series of three major sukuk issues in Saudi Arabia in the first week of April demonstrated the growing depth of the debt capital markets in the kingdom, where corporations are ...
Banking
Emerging Markets Roundup: Middle East
CLIFFORD CHANCE TO OPEN SAUDI PARTNERSHIP By Gordon Platt Clifford Chance is the first global law firm to receive approval from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry to create a Saudi-foreign legal partnership in the kingdom. Photo ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: Russia
NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR EXPECTED TO TOE THE POLITICAL LINE By Kim Iskyan The Russian economy continued to show signs of a slowdown, with GDP rising just 0.1% year-on-year in February. Weakness in household consumption growth, which ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equity: NYSE, Mexican Exchange Top IPO Charts
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt The New York Stock Exchange and the Mexican Stock Exchange were the top exchanges for initial public offerings in the first quarter, according to research firm Renaissance Capital. The once-sleepy ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Frontier Markets Focus: Panama
MEETING POINT By Dan Keeler Panama is working hard to become the dominant corporate hub in Central America. With its stable and open economy and its uniquely favorable location as the bridge between North and South America, ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX: Cyprus Fallout Weighs On Euro
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The euro slumped to a four-month low in the aftermath of the bailout of Cyprus, as market participants worried about the implications for other countries on the periphery of the eurozone. ...
Banking
Interview: Riad Salameh on Lebanon
LEBANON: RESTAKING ITS CLAIM AS A FINANCIAL HUB By Gordon Platt Global Finance interviews Lebanon’s central bank governor, Riad Salameh. Riad Salameh has been Lebanon’s central bank governor for the past 20 years. He is credited with ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A: Falling Yen Hits Overseas Buying
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt The falling yen is raining on Japan’s parade of overseas acquisitions, which had a record-breaking year in 2012, when the yen was rising. The first three months of 2013 constituted ...
Banking
Report: Central & Eastern Europe
<p>CHANGE IS AFOOT By Paul Mackintosh Central & Eastern European countries are trying hard to differentiate themselves from their southwestern neighbors. Corporates in the region are dealing with a new playing field as many assets once owned by ...</p>
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Risk Management: Trade Credit Insurance
PROTECTING THE BALANCE SHEET By Paula Green Companies using trade credit insurance to secure their bottom lines are finding a marketplace with ample capacity, expanding terms—and even new players. Photo Credits: IGOR PLOTNIKOV / Shutterstock.com Trade credit ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
THE OIL AND GAS WINDFALL
<p><strong>East Africa is a hotbed of new oil and natural gas finds. Most countries are taking a slow and measured approach to developing their resource boon, but will they avoid the resource curse that plagued many early-developers? </strong></p>