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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features : In For The Long Haul

ANALYSIS / INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING Many Asian countries desperately need to upgrade their infrastructure while cash-rich private equity funds are scouring the region for long-term investments. Is this a match made in heaven? Nag: We can only meet a small ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : No Credit Crunch Here

CHINA Feeling the squeeze: Chinas shoppers face swiftly growing prices. China’s central bank increased reserve requirements for the seventh time this year in September in a losing battle to control the growth in bank credit. Outstanding loans ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Tycoon Justice: Hyundai Chairman “Too Valuable” To Idle In Jail

SOUTH KOREA Chung: Convicted but free to go. Chung Mong-koo, chairman of Hyundai Motor, is too important to South Korea’s economy to go to jail, despite being convicted of embezzlement and breach of trust, an appeals court ruled ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Chinese company lists in tokyo

Company to watch: china boqi environmental solutions technology / china Based in Beijing, one of the world’s most polluted cities, China Boqi Environmental Solutions Technology has plenty of work to do. “Environmental protection is a big task as ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Errant Manufacturers Feel The Heat

China Cost concerns: Rising food prices are fueling inflation. Investors anxious about overheating in the Chinese market had more cause for concern this month as China’s National Bureau of Statistics revealed that consumer prices rose by 5.6%, year ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Records Fall As Indian Business Thrives

India On track: Delhis new subway trains. The metro railway authority in New Delhi placed a record order for 340 subway coaches with Bombardier Transportation, Montreal-based Bombardier’s Indian subsidiary. Worth $590 million, the order is the largest ever ...

Banking

Milestones : Shariah Japan 100 Index Forms Basis Of Islamic ETF

JAPAN Toyota: Top holding in new ETF. Tokyo-based Daiwa Asset Management will create an exchange-traded fund based on the newly formed FTSE Shariah Japan 100 index. The ETF, which will be listed on the Singapore Exchange in ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Chinas Solar-energy Ipos Getting Bigger

Global equity/drs China-based manufacturers of products that convert the sun’s rays to electricity are raising growing sums of money on Wall Street to expand their production facilities to meet expanding demand for alternative energy in the face of ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Air India On A Resource Hunt As Growth Takes Off

India Up, up and away: Air India's fundraising spree finances expansion of its fleet Air India, which is owned by the Indian government and is also the largest Indian air carrier, has begun the process to raise $1.5 ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Financial Sector Reforms Promised

China China will further open its financial sector following the second Strategic Economic Dialogue in Washington, DC, in May. As a result of the meeting, China will ease restrictions on foreign securities firms, allow foreign banks to issue ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Telecom Places $1 Billion Order

Company to watch: china mobile/china Hong Kong-based China Mobile is the largest mobile telecom services provider in China, with more than 300 million subscribers and a market share of 67.5%. In June the company placed a $1 billion ...

Country Report

Features : Opening For Business

Country Report / Malaysia With the South Johor development region opening up and the banking market on the verge of full liberalization, Malaysia presents growing opportunities for investment. Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur After decades of being wary ...