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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Alfa Group Oligarch Leaves TNK-BP Chair

NEWSMAKERS: RUSSIA By Kim Iskyan Mikhail Fridman has overcome a lot of hurdles since his humble beginnings as a window-cleaning entrepreneur in Russia, just as the Soviet Union was unraveling. Fridman faces his most difficult maneuver yet ...

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Back Page: Polls And Stats

BUYING STABILITY Break-even Brent oil prices ($ per barrel): the price that must be maintained for oil revenues to equilibrate...

Banking

Cover: Will Japan Regain Its Greatness?

WILL JAPAN REGAIN ITS GREATNESS? By Michael Shari Business is trying to resurrect Asia's economic miracle a year and a half after the Tohoku tragedy. Tokyo is enjoying a long-deserved renaissance. Young professionals are converging from all ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Financial Reporting Still Plagued By Delays

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Valentina Pasquali Companies worldwide are making big changes to their reporting processes—seeking relief from the high costs associated with missed regulatory deadlines and poor-quality data. They are investing more and more in their financial ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Former FDIC Head Launches Her Latest Crusade

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES By Luca Ventura Sheila Bair is determined to turn up the heat on regulators and accelerate financial reforms. Bair: protecting the US economy from the next crisis Photo Credit : ALBERT H. TEICH/ Shutterstock.com ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Global Salon: Jan Stuart, Credit Suisse

NO MORE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS By Paula Green Global Finance sat down with Jan Stuart, managing director, head of energy commodity research, fixed income, at Credit Suisse in New York, to get his perspective on the global economy and ...

Banking

Indigenization Minister Targets Foreign Banks

NEWSMAKERS: ZIMBABWE By Valentina Pasquali After targeting the lucrative mining sector, Zimbabwe's indigenization minister Saviour Kasukuwere is now ramping up pressure on foreign banks operating in the country to hand over 51% of their shareholdings to indigenous Zimbabweans as ...

Banking

New Central Bank Head Unlikely To Appease ECB

NEWSMAKERS: SPAIN By Vanessa Drucker The government of Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy revealed its character in early June, when it appointed Luis María Linde to become chief of the country's central bank and help restore its reputation. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

New Securities Standards To Reduce Liquidity Squeeze

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Joel Kranc With Spanish banks accepting bailouts to shore up their balance sheets and the eurozone crisis showing no signs of abating, global firms are looking for alternative financing options to maintain liquidity buffers. ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Small Firms Take On Big Four Accountants Fee Model

MILESTONES: UNITED STATES By Paula Green US tech firms, including Google And Twitter, are taking advantage of a new model for accounting and tax services. A stripped-down, low-cost solution is gaining in popularity among Silicon Valley tech ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Traditional Trade Finance Instruments Back In Fashion

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Paula Green For bankers or traders keen to know the latest trends in the world of trade finance, the 2012 edition of the International Chamber of Commerce's (ICC) Global Survey on Trade Finance offers some ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Chinese Slowdown And Cyber Attacks: Key Risks For 2012

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Valentina Pasquali Our level of preparedness is not always up to par with the challenges we may be suddenly confronted with. Still recovering from the Haiti earthquake Photo Credit : ARINDAMBANERJEE / Shutterstock.com This is a hard-learned ...