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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DRs: Santander Mexico IPO Sets Record

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY / DRS By Gordon Platt Santander, the eurozone’s biggest bank by market value, said it would issue up to $4.3 billion of shares in an initial public offering of up to 24.9% of its ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

New YPF Chief Has His Work Cut Out For Him

NEWSMAKERS: ARGENTINA Miguel Galuccio is very busy these days. The new CEO of Argentine firm YPF is discussing possible joint ventures with Chevron, Gazprom and the Argentine firm Bridas—partially owned by China's CNOOC. YPF aims to restore ...

Banking

World’s Best Banks 2012: Regional Winners

By Gordon Platt, Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson & Antonio Guerrero Regional Winners BEST BANK IN NORTH AMERICA JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase is the top US bank by assets. “For America’s largest companies, we raised or lent over $720 billion ...

Award Winners

Awards: Project Finance & Infrastructure

CHANGING OF THE GUARD IN PROJECT FINANCE By Gordon Platt As public purse strings tighten, pension funds are the most promising source of long-term funding for infrastructure projects, according to an OECD report supported by Oliver Wyman. ...

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Best Internet Banks 2012: Round 1

ANNUAL SURVEY: TRAILBLAZERS By Adam Rombel In the first of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the top online corporate and consumer banks by country and regionally by product and service category. As it has annually for ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Colombia Reaps Big Rewards From Free-Trade Agreements

MILESTONES: COLOMBIA By Dan Keeler Three months after its free-trade agreement with the United States went into effect, Colombia is already reaping the benefits, in terms of investment, export growth and job creation. González, Proexport Colombia: Colombia's ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover: Searching for Global Demand

DEMAND WHERE WILL IT COME FROM? By Laurence Neville The worldwide call for public, private and corporate debt reduction raises the question of where spending and demand will come from going forward. Particularly now, as emerging markets stars—such ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Offshore Deals Help Counter Slowing Global M&A Market

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Paula Green Corporate financial executives with cash to burn are turning up the heat on merger and acquisition activity in offshore financial locales around the globe. M&A deals are on the rise in Mauritius The value ...

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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

Latin America

DRs: Santander Mexico IPO Sets Record

New YPF Chief Has His Work Cut Out For Him

World’s Best Banks 2012: Regional Winners

Awards: Project Finance & Infrastructure

Best Internet Banks 2012: Round 1

Colombia Reaps Big Rewards From Free-Trade Agreements

Cover: Searching for Global Demand

Offshore Deals Help Counter Slowing Global M&A Market

Project Finance and Infrastructure Providers 2012: Global Winners

Sector Report: Agribusiness Take Off

Treasury & Cash Management Supplement

Treasury & Cash Management: Asia—Latin America Trade Builds New Frontiers