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Stars Of China Award Ceremony 2010
DATE: NOVEMBER 16, 2010 LOCATION: WESTIN, BEIJING CHINA’S RISING STARS In November at the Westin Hotel in the heart of...
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Company To Watch: Infosys Technologies
EMERGING MARKET INVESTOR: COMPANY TO WATCH: INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES / INDIA By Gordon Platt Bangalore-based Infosys Technologies, the second largest company by market capitalization on the Bombay Stock Exchange, announced one of the first mobile-banking solutions that offers financial-management ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Debt: Bond Sell-Off Spares High-Yield
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt The high-yield corporate debt market was unscathed by the dramatic sell-off in the US treasuries market in early December that followed news of President Obama's deal with congressional Republicans to ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Demand For Hedging Surges
FOCUS: COMMODITY RISK By Michael Shari Renewed turmoil in Europe, supply shortages and the growing impact of financial investors are driving renewed demand for commodities hedging. For most of 2010, producers and consumers of many commodities had ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
DR News: Taiwanese Firms Eye ADR Platform
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt Companies based in Taiwan that already have global depositary receipt (GDR) programs will explore establishing new Level 1 American depositary receipt (ADR) programs over the next 18 months, according to ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
DRs: BRIC Countries To Lead DRs in 2011
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS: CORPORATE FINANCE FOCUS By Gordon Platt Coming off the bailout of Ireland, and with several other European countries denying they need outside help, the outlook for the financial markets in 2011 is ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
EM News: Russia’s Privatization Program
EMERGING MARKET INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt Faced with a widening budget deficit in the wake of its economic stimulus program, Russia is rolling out the red carpet to foreign investors with a $39 billion privatization program. The ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX: Dollar Recovers As US Yields Rise
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The tax deal reached between President Obama and the opposition Republican Party...
Banking
Islamic Finance: A New Frontier
TRENDS: ISLAMIC FINANCE IN LATIN AMERICA By Antonio Guerrero With Islamic financial institutions seeking to expand into emerging markets in Africa and Asia, could Latin America be next? While Islamic financial institutions have aggressively expanded through Asia and ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A: Deal Activity To Pick Up In 2011
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt There will be a substantial increase in mergers and acquisitions in 2011, following a relatively flat year for M&A; in 2010, as companies have plenty of cash to spend ...
Features
SEPA Update: Slow Progress
UPDATE: SEPA By Anita Hawser Proponents of the Single Euro Payments Area are considering stringent measures to encourage companies to hop on board. As eurozone countries busy themselves implementing liquidity measures designed to calm market fears about ...
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Call for entries: World’s Best Investment Bank Awards 2011
World’s Best Investment Bank Awards 2011 In April 2011, Global Finance will publish its selections for World’s Best Investment Banks....