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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BAFT Annual Global Meeting

STAR PERFORMERS By Anita Hawser Over the past six years transaction banking has been one of the best performers in an otherwise lackluster banking sector. Even in the midst of a global financial crisis, suppliers and salaries still need to ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Brazil: Fx Outflows Debunk Currency War

EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Antonio Guerrero Brazil posted a net foreign exchange outflow of $12.3 billion for 2013, marking the...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Chile: Arenas Takes Finance Helm

NEWSMAKERS By Forrest Jones Alberto Arenas returns to government as Finance minister with some big plans for a country looking...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Regional Report: Latin America

THE TRADE CONUNDRUM By Antonio Guerrero Do open-door trade policies provide greater long-term benefits? Or is protectionism worth the costs?...

Award Winners

World’s Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers 2014

GOLD STANDARD By Rebecca Brace and Anita Hawser Global Finance presents the winners of its annual Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers awards. Global multinational corporates may have come out of the 2008 global financial crisis better off than the ...

Jamaica

Includes historical data for Jamaica’s Gross Domestic Product growth, debt-to-GDP ratio and more, as well as information on trade, banking...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

New Version Of Socialism In Cuba

MILESTONES By Valentina Pasquali Ever since Ral Castro took over from his brother Fidel in 2008, he has been opening...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Terminal Velocity: Brazil Sells Airports

EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Antonio Guerrero Two international consortia won the latest round of Brazilian airport privatizations, in deals totaling $9 billion. One consortium, which includes Brazilian construction company Odebrecht and Singaporean airport operator Changi, paid $8.24 ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Mexico Greases the Skids for Foreign Oil Companies

For Pemex, a crude awakening A steady, year-long stream of institutional and economic reforms in Mexico is about to end...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Argentina: Location, Location, Location

Mapping out the history of Argentina (foto: Robles Pepe) Think you know what turned Argentina from an early 20 th...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Eike Batista: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Batista: An SOS at OSX (Photo:Juliana Coutinho) When they fall, they fall hard. The past few months have brought only...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Editor’s Letter: The New Geography

There is a new definition of the emerging markets and their characteristics that confutes many old and accepted axioms; for example, the idea that the cost of labor is cheaper in developing countries, or that governance is more advanced and regulations are more enforced in developed countries.