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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 ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Sector Report: Agribusiness Take Off

A BUMPER YIELD By Justin Keay Agribusiness is increasingly being viewed as a dynamic area to invest in. But as global demand for food supplies and land increases, can banks, often criticized for their short-term outlook, meet the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Treasury & Cash Management Supplement

RISK CONVERGENCE Unsurprisingly, risk is a key theme for our Seventh Annual Treasury & Cash Management supplement. 'Hurry up and wait' has been the prevailing message from global markets, and treasurers are responding in myriad ways to the ...

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 ...

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WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS IN LATIN AMERICA 2012

GLOBAL FINANCE names theWorld’s Safest Banks 2012 inLatin America NEW YORK, August 16, 2012 Global Finance magazine ( GF mag.com)...

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WORLD’S BEST CORPORATE/INSTITUTIONAL INTERNET BANKS IN LATIN AMERICA 2012

Global Finance names the 2012 World’s Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks in Latin America NEW YORK, July 27, 2012 Global Finance...

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WORLD’S BEST CONSUMER INTERNET BANKS IN LATIN AMERICA 2012

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

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Words Of Wisdom: José Vélez, Cementos Argos

STRONG GROWTH PROSPECTS By Valentina Pasquali José Alberto Vélez is the president of Cementos Argos, the leader in the cement industry in Colombia, with operations in the Caribbean—Panama, the Dominican Republic and Haiti—and the United States. Global Finance: ...

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Words Of Wisdom: Rubens Amaral, Bladex

HISTORY AT A CROSSROADS By Valentina Pasquali Rubens Amaral is the incoming CEO of Bladex, the Foreign Trade Bank of Latin America, a supranational institution that serves the capitalization needs of banks and promotes foreign trade across the region. ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: Brazil

TIME-OUT FOR BRAZIL'S GROWTH BOOM By Antonio Guerrero Brazil's growth explosion could be ending. The Brazilian central bank in June cut the official growth target from 3.5% to 2.5% for 2012, after first-quarter GDP expansion was a meager ...

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World’s Best Banks 2012: Latin America

By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt LATIN AMERICA With its developing middle class, the region’s growing consumer sector helped banks to continue posting healthy returns last year. Banking sector assets and profits were up throughout the region, ...