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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

EM News: Chinas Inflation Near Peak, Investors Eye Earnings Growth

CHINA’S INFLATION NEAR PEAK, INVESTORS EYE EARNINGS GROWTH By Gordon Platt China’s monetary policy-tightening is advanced relative to other economies, and domestic inflation, which is centered in food prices, may be near a peak, analysts say. “As ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX: Euro Rebounds As EFSF Expands

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The EU summit in July not only reached agreement on a second...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: Energy, Power Light Up Global M&A

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt The energy and power sector was the most active for worldwide mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2011 as the value of global deals of all types ...

Banking

Regional Report: Central Eastern Europe

WAITING ON EUROLAND By Jonathan Gregson The benefits of joining the eurozone are not as clear as they once were for countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The countries of Central Europe have long shaken off their ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Special Report: Equity Derivatives

FOCUS:TRADING SHIFTS TO EXCHANGES By Gordon Platt New rules to reduce systemic derivatives market risk and increase transparency are still...

Banking

Special Report: Islamic Finance In Asia

MALAYSIAN DOMINANCE PUT TO THE TEST By Anita Hawser Long the leading force in Asia-Pacific’s Islamic finance industry, Malaysia is facing growing regional competition. Anyone that does business or invests in Asia-Pacific will tell you that, as ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Africa: Ethanol May Trigger Food Fight

EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP: AFRICA by Antonio Guerrero Sierra Leone opts for controversial biofuel production Africa is poised to enter the world’s growing biofuels market. The biotechnology unit at Addax, a Switzerland-based investment firm, plans to open a ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Brazil: Admin Supports Corporate Growth

EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP: BRAZIL by Antonio Guerrero Brazilian companies take flight Board members at Petrobras, the Brazilian state oil company, are calling on the company to tame costs linked to its $224 billion 2011-2015 spending plan. The investment ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

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DRs: Capital Raisings Nearly Triple

EM News: Chinas Inflation Near Peak, Investors Eye Earnings Growth

FX: Euro Rebounds As EFSF Expands

M&A: Energy, Power Light Up Global M&A

Regional Report: Central Eastern Europe

Special Report: Equity Derivatives

Special Report: Islamic Finance In Asia

Africa: Ethanol May Trigger Food Fight

Brazil: Admin Supports Corporate Growth

China: Floods Drive Prices Higher

Debt: Rapid Pace Of High-Yield Issuance

DR News: The Russians Are Coming, Eventually, To London