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Special Report: Intellectual Property
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Company To Watch: Yandex / Russia
'RUSSIAN GOOGLE' BUYS SOFTWARE FIRM TO BOOST MOBILE OFFERINGS By Gordon Platt Yandex, the leading Internet search engine in Russia, with a 63% market share, purchased SPB Software last November to increase its mobile services. Yandex has ...
Banking
Custody & Investors’ Services
RESTORING TRUST By Paula Green Custodians are dealing with the impact of major regulatory reforms and a loss of confidence in investors' services safety after the devastation of the MF Global debacle. The expanding web of government ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Debt: Ford Motor Credit, GE
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Ford Motor Credit, the finance arm of the second-largest US automaker, and General Electric, the world's biggest maker of diesel locomotives and jet engines, were first out of the gate ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
DR News: Thai Firms Build Exposure With Unsponsored ADRs
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt BNY Mellon set up unsponsored American depositary receipt (ADR) programs for two Thailand-based companies in December, Thai Airways International, the national carrier of Thailand, and BEC World, a television broadcasting ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
DRs: Depositary Receipt Pipeline Full
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Depositary receipt investors pushed trading to a record high last year, demonstrating the continued popularity of DRs, despite challenging market conditions. While the amount of capital raised by corporate ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
EM News: New ‘Tigers’ Will Dominate Economic Growth
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt The BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India and China—now contribute more than half of the world's economic growth, while the broader emerging markets provide more than 70% of current global growth. Growth ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX: Dollar Looks Good Versus Euro
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The Japanese yen will hold its own as a safe-haven currency in...
Banking
Investment Banking In Asia
ASIA'S BANKS ON THE WAY UP By Michael Shari Asian investment banks are starting to edge out their top-ranking American and European competitors as global investors take risk off the table in Asia. China International Capital Corp ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A: China Three Gorges Wins EDP Bid
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt China Three Gorges, a state-owned company that operates the world's largest hydropower project, bought a 21% stake in EDP, Portugal's largest company and utility. The Chinese company also ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Market Focus: Equity Derivatives
KEEPING IT VANILLA By Vanessa Drucker Corporate users of equity derivatives continue to seek out simple, transparent products. Until regulatory overhaul is complete, this tack is unlikely to change. The ripples from the 2008 financial crisis continue ...
Banking
Sector Report: Middle East Telecoms
SOWING SEEDS OF CHANGE By Anita Hawser The Arab Spring heralded the beginnings of reform and showed the growing importance of social media in enabling communal action. The telecoms sector in the Middle East has been forever changed ...