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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: China Seeks Global Energy Assets

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, returned from his second official trip to China in February and announced that Beijing would lend two giant pandas, Er Shun and Ji Li, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Offshore Deals Help Counter Slowing Global M&A Market

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Paula Green Corporate financial executives with cash to burn are turning up the heat on merger and acquisition activity in offshore financial locales around the globe. M&A deals are on the rise in Mauritius The value ...

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Project Finance and Infrastructure Providers 2012: Global Winners

By Gordon Platt FINANCIAL ADVISER: HSBC When Abu Dhabi needed a financial adviser for its latest seawater desalination and power project, Mirfa IWPP, it selected HSBC on their longstanding relationship and the bank’s reputation, without opening the contract to competitive ...

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Project Finance and Infrastructure Providers 2012: Regional Winners

By Gordon Platt NORTH AMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISER: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group MUFG led the $585 million nonrecourse financing of the Wind Energy Transmission Texas project, and structured a $387 million construction loan for the Lone Star Transmission project, a 329-mile transmission ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Risk Management: Cyber Risk

COVER UP By Paula Green Insuring against cyber risks is stoking the imaginations of insurance companies as the risks to multinationals expand. However, companies should check what policies cover them for. Cyber risks are increasingly edging their ...

Country Report

Taiwan Seeks New Growth Opportunities

THE TIES THAT BIND By Arthur Clennam Economic forces are subtly improving prospects for Taiwanese companies seeking new markets in China. An ancient folk story from Taiwan goes something like this: A frog lives for years in ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Treasury & Cash Management: Annual Directory Of TCM Service Suppliers

DIRECTORY Our annual listing of TCM service and solution providers Banking Service Providers Bank of America Merrill Lynch CONTACT : Paul Simpson, Head of Global Transaction Services EMAIL : gcbkmarketing@bankofamerica.com www.corp.bankofamerica.com ING CONTACT : Willem Dokkum, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Treasury & Cash Management: Asia—Latin America Trade Builds New Frontiers

EXPEDITING GROWTH By Anita Hawser Trade flows between Latin America and Asia are growing at a phenomenal pace. An increasing number and variety of banks and other agencies are providing liquidity and trade finance solutions to nurture these ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Treasury & Cash Management: Who’s Who

WHO’S WHO Global Finance’s annual list of Who’s Who in Treasury & Cash Management Bank of America Merrill Lynch Paul Simpson Head of global transaction services Paul Simpson joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch in May 2011 and ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Veteran Indian Finance Minister Back In The Finance Seat

NEWSMAKERS: INDIA By Luca Ventura Often labeled arrogant and brusque, India's finance minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, is not the most popular politician within his own Congress Party and not much in the public eye. Chidambaram's new ministerial appointment ...

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WORLD’S BEST CORPORATE/INSTITUTIONAL INTERNET BANKS IN ASIA 2012

Global Finance names the 2012 World’s Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks inAsia NEW YORK, July 27, 2012 Global Finance has announced...

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WORLD’S BEST CONSUMER INTERNET BANKS IN ASIA 2012

Global Finance names the 2012 World’s Best Consumer Internet Banks in Asia NEW YORK, July 20, 2012 Global Finance has...