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Best Banks Awards Ceremony 2011
Best Banks Awards Ceremony 2011 At the recent annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Trade & Supply Chain Finance 2011
WEATHERING THE STORM Following the 2008 financial crisis, trade finance was a term often uttered in the upper echelons...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Company To Watch: Hero MotoCorp/India
HERO GROUP EYES AFRICAN MOTORCYCLE MARKET By Gordon Platt Hero MotoCorp, India’s leading manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, bought out its joint venture partner, Honda, earlier this year. Honda wanted to focus more intently on the fast-growing ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Debt: No Spike In Corporate Defaults
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Credit spreads widened dramatically during the turmoil in the credit markets this summer as the global economic outlook worsened, Standard & Poor’s stripped the US of its triple-A credit rating, and ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
DR News: Taiwan’s China Steel GDR Raises $751 Million
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt China Steel, Taiwan’s biggest steelmaker, raised $751 million in a follow-on offering of global depositary receipts (GDRs). The issue was the largest equity offering by a Taiwanese company in ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
DRs: Market Volatility Hinders IPOs
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt The recent volatility in global equity markets and the heightened uncertainty around the global economic outlook forced a virtual shutdown of the market for initial public offerings in early August, just ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
EM News: Emerging Markets Prove Haven in Global Storm
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt Emerging markets continue to outperform developed markets and were a relatively safe haven during the recent global equity market volatility. Emerging market bond funds and currencies were stellar performers during ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: Africa
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES By Antonio Guerrero Tanzania plans to invest $742 million by the end of 2012 to tackle its crippling energy deficit. African energy projects to get PPP boost Under an emergency power rescue ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: Brazil
INVESTMENT SPREE FOR FIFA WORLD CUP AND OLYMPICS By Antonio Guerrero Brazil is preparing for a major investment spree ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games. Brazil prepares for FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil’s ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: China
RISING RATES ARE ENCOURAGING LENDING By Thomas Clouse Strong demand for loans and higher interest rates boosted profits at several Chinese banks to record levels. Record-high net profits at China Construction Bank Strong demand for loans and higher ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: India
FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR FLOWS START TO DECLINE By Aaron Chaze Inflation fears, monetary tightening and slowing corporate growth may reduce foreign institutional investor interest. Reserve Bank of India cites strong outward investment by Indian firms Worries over inflation, ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: Middle East
BAHRAIN: PROTESTS IMPACT THE ECONOMY By Gordon Platt Political unrest in Bahrain in February and March may have cost the economy as much as $2 billion. New governor at Dubai International Financial Centre Essam Fakhro, chairman of the ...