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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Ma Wins A Second Term In Tight Taiwanese Presidential Race

NEWSMAKERS: TAIWAN By Thomas Clouse Ma Ying-jeou will serve a second term as president of Taiwan after winning 51.6% of the vote in the January election, defeating his closest competitor, Tsai Ing-wen, by less than six percentage points. ...

Award Winners

SAFEST BANKS IN ASIA 2012

Global Finance names the Safest Banks In Asia: April 2012 NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 Global Finance magazine ( GFmag.com...

Awards

WORLD’S 50 SAFEST BANKS 2012

Global Finance announces a half-yearly update World’s 50 Safest Banks: April 2012 NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 Bank stability is...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

DR News: Thai Firms Build Exposure With Unsponsored ADRs

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt BNY Mellon set up unsponsored American depositary receipt (ADR) programs for two Thailand-based companies in December, Thai Airways International, the national carrier of Thailand, and BEC World, a television broadcasting ...

Banking

Investment Banking In Asia

ASIA'S BANKS ON THE WAY UP By Michael Shari Asian investment banks are starting to edge out their top-ranking American and European competitors as global investors take risk off the table in Asia. China International Capital Corp ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A: China Three Gorges Wins EDP Bid

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt China Three Gorges, a state-owned company that operates the world's largest hydropower project, bought a 21% stake in EDP, Portugal's largest company and utility. The Chinese company also ...

News

Mistry To Take The Helm At Tata Sons

NEWSMAKERS: INDIA By Aaron Chaze After two decades leading India’s largest and most respected conglomerate, Ratan Tata will step down in December 2012 as chairman of Tata Sons—the holding company that runs the $83 billion Tata group of companies, with ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Resource-Rich Myanmar Open For Investment

MILESTONES: MYANMAR By Thomas Clouse Preparing to chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2014, Myanmar is also opening its doors to foreign investment. A new dawn breaks in Myanmar, which is open for business Leaders from ASEAN’s ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Asian Companies Ripe For Investment

MILESTONES: SINGAPORE / INDONESIA By Gordon Platt After portfolio managers removed tens of billions of dollars from Asian equity markets during the sell-off in early autumn, corporate valuations are now highly attractive in some industries and sectors. Photo ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company To Watch: Ranbaxy Laboratories / India

INDIAN DRUG MAKER SEEKS TO CASH IN ON GENERIC LIPITOR By Gordon Platt Ranbaxy Laboratories, India’s largest pharmaceuticals company, has secured a six-month exclusive right to sell a low-cost version of Lipitor, Pfizer’s popular anti-cholesterol drug, in the ...

Banking

EM Regional Review: Asia

WAITING GAME By Anita Hawser Asia is watching closely to see what happens to the West's buckling economies. However, intraregional trade growth and ever-increasing trade between the emerging markets will help cushion any impact. Much of the world’s ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Hopes For Era Of Stability In Kyrgyzstan

MILESTONES: KYRGYZSTAN By Kim Iskyan Late October’s landslide victory of incumbent prime minister Almazbek Atambayev as the new president of Kyrgyzstan may bring a modicum of stability to the country’s tumultuous domestic political environment. Atambayev may favor ...