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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Debt
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — CORPORATE DEBT ISSUANCE EBBS IN VOLATILE MARKET By Gordon Platt Reverberations from the debt crisis in Greece rattled through the corporate debt market in early May, causing extremely volatile conditions that disrupted what ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Emerging and Frontier Markets
FACING UP TO THE CHALLENGE The fast-growing and dynamic economies of the emerging and frontier markets represent mouth-watering opportunities and daunting challenges for the world’s established multinationals. Only the best prepared will survive. By Amy E. Buttell ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: India
Roundup By Aaron Chaze Desperate: India needs to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure The Indian government is planning to establish an $11 billion infrastructure debt fund with the objective of investing in the power sector and in roads ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: China
Roundup By Thomas Clouse Expo frenzy: Shanghai expects 70 million visitors China's consumer prices rose by the greatest margin in 18 months in April, while property prices increased by the fastest rate since the country began publishing the ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets: Bringing Brazilian Ethanol to Global Markets
Investor: Company to Watch Cosan/Brazil By Gordon Platt Cosan, one of Brazil's largest producers of sugar and ethanol, plans to form a $12 billion joint venture with Shell International Petroleum, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell. The São ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets: Emerging Market Bonds Have Unusual Appeal
Investor: News By Gordon Platt Emerging market debt has a unique attraction for investors seeking higher yields than are available on US treasuries but who lack the appetite for risk in volatile emerging market equities. Investors are pouring ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets: Standard Chartered Files To Issue First IDRs In India
Investor: DR News By Gordon Platt UK-based Standard Chartered Bank filed a draft prospectus to raise a minimum of $500 million in the form of Indian depositary receipts. "The issue will increase our market visibility and brand profile, ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Foreign Exchange
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — FOREIGN EXCHANGE GREEK DEBT CRISIS MORPHING INTO EURO PROBLEM By Gordon Platt The nearly $1 trillion plan to defuse Europe's debt crisis headed off speculation in credit default swaps, bank equities and bond ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Foreign Exchange Trading
SPOTLIGHT: TRADING UP Technology is revolutionizing foreign exchange trading and providing ever-increasing opportunities in the world’s biggest financial market. By Anita Hawser Electronic trading has revolutionized markets. In the equities markets, algorithmic trading platforms, high-frequency trading and ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Global Equities / DR
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS — GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS IPOS PULLED FOLLOWING MARKET DECLINES By Gordon Platt A sharp drop in world equity markets triggered a host of cancellations and postponements of planned initial public offerings in early May. Many of ...
Banking
Market Forces
FOCUS: ISLAMIC FINANCE IN ASIA A centralized approach to Islamic finance is helping Asia develop an industry that may challenge the Middle East as the global hub. By Anita Hawser The Middle East is often thought of ...