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Safest Banks In Asia: April 2013
Global Finance names the Safest Banks In Asia: April 2013 NEW YORK, February 26, 2013 Global Finance magazine (GFmag.com) has...
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Banking
Market Focus: Asian Investment Banking
ANOTHER LEAN YEAR By Arthur Clennam Investment banks in Asia are facing a reduced deal pipeline and slashing their fixed-income, currencies and commodities units. But a flurry of small-scale Chinese IPOs in Hong Kong could add cheer to ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Milestone: Drama-Free Year Expected For Asean
MILESTONES: BRUNEI By Thomas Clouse The small country of Brunei Darussalam must navigate challenging terrain in the coming months after taking over the chairmanship of Asean at the beginning of the year. Brunei, whose approximately 400,000 citizens enjoy one ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Newsmaker: Blast From The Past As Park Geun-Hye Is Elected PM
NEWSMAKERS: SOUTH KOREA By Thomas Clouse South Korea will swear in 60-year-old Park Geun-hye as the country’s first female prime minister this month, after she narrowly defeated her more liberal competitor, Moon Jae-in, in the general election in December. ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cover: A New Economic Model For China
THE HUNT FOR INTERNAL GROWTH By Laurence Neville China is in the midst of an economic makeover to increase domestic consumption and reduce reliance on external markets for growth. But how far are policymakers willing to go, and ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: China
SEC PROBE CASTS SHADOW ON CHINESE FIRMS’ US LISTINGS By Thomas Clouse The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against the Chinese branches of five international accounting firms in December for failing to provide information related to ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: India
FDI Reforms Get Parliamentary Approval By Aaron Chaze Both the lower and upper houses of India’s parliament voted during the first week of December to allow foreign direct investment in India’s domestic retail sector—a major win for prime ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equity: China, LatAm Could Boost IPOs
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY / DRS By Gordon Platt After declining sharply in 2012, initial public offerings could stage a turnround in the new year, say analysts, with China and Latin America leading the issuance. The ...
Award Ceremonies and Events
Stars Of China Awards Ceremony 2012
LOCATION: BEIJING, CHINA Global Finance held its annual Stars of China awards ceremony in Beijing in November. Corporate and financial leaders from across the country were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients. 1 Joseph Giarraputo, ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Boom-Bust Commodities Cycle Could Test Mongolia’s Fiscal Mettle
MILESTONES: MONGOLIA By Arthur Clennam While the rest of Asia is slowing down, Mongolia is too, but by an entirely different playbook. Stoked by lucrative mining discoveries, Mongolia pushed out a blistering 17.5% growth rate in 2011-one of the ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cross-Border Dealmaker Seeks To Exit Indonesian Deal
NEWSMAKERS: EUROPE/INDONESIA By Udayan Gupta Nathaniel Rothschild’s Indonesian mining deal in 2010 was seen as a portent of how such cross-border deals could be done. Rothschild (L) and Bakrie CEO Bobby Umar in happier days Thirty ...
Banking
Emerging Markets Review: Asia Battles Global Monetary Intervention
A BATTLE, NOT A WAR By Arthur Clennam and Al Emid Asian central banks’ reactions to global monetary intervention will be muted. But weakening currencies are problematic for local business. As in physical conflict, no two wars ...