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Emerging Markets Roundup: Middle East

NEW SAUDI MORTGAGE LAW COULD SPUR HOUSING BOOM By Gordon Platt The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, the kingdom’s central bank, issued new regulations governing the enforcement of foreclosures as part of a new mortgage law that has been ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: Russia

BATTLE RAGES ON FOR NORILSK NICKEL By Kim Iskyan Russia’s economy continued to show signs of slowing, as preliminary GDP for October 2012 clocked in at a very weak 2.3%, marking the fifth consecutive month of deceleration. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Equity: China, LatAm Could Boost IPOs

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY / DRS By Gordon Platt After declining sharply in 2012, initial public offerings could stage a turnround in the new year, say analysts, with China and Latin America leading the issuance. The ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Frontier Markets Focus

WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY By Dan Keeler In a new monthly feature, Global Finance delves deep into the opportunities in frontier markets. With youthful populations, underutilized natural resources and eagerness to join the global economic community, the world’s frontier ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX: Yen’s Fall Awakens FX Market

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The yen took a nasty tumble last month, shaking the sleepy foreign exchange market out of a long slumber. While the attention of market participants was focused on the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: A Return To The Fast Lane For M&A

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Mergers and acquisitions could gain traction in 2013, following a disappointing year for dealmaking activity in 2012. Although the global economic outlook remains clouded, there are plenty of ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Risk: Environmental Liability Insurance

THE POLLUTER PAYS By Dave Lenckus As regulators strengthen legislation, pollution insurance is ever-more essential. Many global companies still see pollution regulation as more bark than bite. But many of the world’s major economies are toughening their ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Sector Report: Commodities

WILD SEASON By Michael Shari Volatile commodities prices are poised to drive an M&A wave and are already changing how companies hedge against price swings. A storm is brewing in the global commodities markets. Perceptions of global ...

Banking

Transaction Banking: Evolution

BUILD OR BUY? By Rebecca Brace As regulation and competition in the transaction banking space spur higher levels of technology investment, banks and vendors have found new ways of working together. The demands on global transaction banks ...

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Tokyo, Global Finance Best Banks Awards Ceremony 2012

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Debt: AbbVie Launches Big Bond Deal

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Pent-up demand following a shutdown for Hurricane Sandy combined with near-record-low interest rates to release a torrent of new corporate bond issues in early November. AbbVie, the pharmaceutical unit of Abbott ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: Huge Pipeline For Asian IPOs

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY / DRS By Gordon Platt The Asian markets accounted for 76% of global funds raised in initial public offerings in the third quarter of 2012, and there are more than 200 Asian companies in ...