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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Indian Companies Tap Rising Foreign Appetite For Shares

DR News Indian Companies Tap Rising Foreign Appetite for Shares Indian companies seeking funds for expansion or to retire debt are tapping into a growing foreign appetite for their shares. Tata Steel raised $500 million on the London ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Rise In Copper Prices Puts Shine On Chinese Producer

Company To Watch: Jiangxi Copper/China Rise in Copper Prices Puts Shine on Chinese Producer Jiangxi Copper, based in Guixi City in China’s inland Jiangxi Province, is the country’s largest producer of the red metal. It owns all five ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features: A Region in Transition

Economic Update Central Asia The former Soviet republics of Central Asia are undergoing dramatic and sometimes painful change as they attempt to modernize their economies and to exploit their vast reserves of natural resources. By Paula L. Green ...

Award Ceremonies and Events

WORLD’S 50 SAFEST BANKS 2009

With bank stability still high on corporate and investor agendas, Global Finance magazine publishes in the October 2009 issue its...

Award Winners

THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BANKS 2008

Rank Name Country Fiscal Year Total Assets ($b) 1 Royal Bank of Scotland Group United Kingdom 12/2007 3,807 2 Deutsche...

Award Winners

BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2009

REGIONAL WINNER Standard Chartered COUNTRY WINNER Algeria Arab Banking Corporation Algeria Angola BES Angola Botswana Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Cote...

Award Winners

BEST INTERNET BANKS IN ASIA 2009

NEW YORK, July 21, 2009 Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the World’s Best Internet Banks competition...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Regulars : EM Roundup China

China’s international trade continued to weaken in April, with both exports and imports falling for the sixth straight month. By Thomas Clouse Strong investment growth, however, may offset some effects of this slackening international trade. According to ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Regulars : EM Roundup India

Following the Congress (I) party’s best federal election showing since 1991, India’s stock markets began to price in an acceleration in the pace of economic reforms. By Aaron Chaze The equity indexes reported the best one-day showing in ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Regulars : Newsmakers : India

In the past decade, India and China have been mentioned in the same breath when discussing the coming giants of the world economy. By Laurence Neville In truth, India has never been in China’s league when it comes ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Chinese online gaming firm raises cash in real world

Changyou.com is an online game developer and operator based in China that says it is committed to providing high-quality entertainment and virtual communities, and investors clearly want to play along. The company raised $128 million of real money last month ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : EM ROUNDUP China

China’s foreign exchange reserves, the largest in the world, grew at the lowest rate in eight years in the first quarter as export markets cooled and foreign capital inflows slowed. The reserves increased by $7.7 billion to $1.95 trillion, representing ...