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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

Corporate Debt: Fed Tapering To Stay On Track

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt Neither the consequent volatility in emerging markets nor weak US employment data will deter...

Editor's Letter

Editor’s Letter: The Fed And Emerging Frailties

DEAR READER MARCH 2014 | VOL. 28 NO. 3 Not all emerging markets are equal. It may sound obvious, but...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

US: New Microsoft CEO’s First Moves

NEWSMAKERS By Efraim Chalamish Satya Nadella, a Microsoft insider who came up through the ranks to become Microsofts executive vice...

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 ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Another Conflict of Interest Brewing on Wall Street?

Could proxy advisory firmsthose as yet unregulated outfits that wield significant influence during corporate elections at US public companiesbe in...

Features

Americas State of Trade

When president Obama shared with the American public his policy vision for the next year in his State of the...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

NAFTA Turns Twenty: So Far, So Good?

MILESTONES By Forrest Jones Few things polarize policymakers like free-trade agreements, especially the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) linking...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Bernanke: In Praise of Bernanke

Bernanke: The Visible Hand For Ben Bernanke, a rocky eight-year tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is ending...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

All Aboard The Transatlantic Express

MILESTONES By J.R. Brandstrader Transatlantic investment was hurt by the recent global financial and eurozone sovereign debt crises, but America’s heartland still has eyes for Europe. Johns Hopkins’s Center for Transatlantic Relations in Washington, DC, found that, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Bullish US Investors In China Shop

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt As exchanges in London, Hong Kong and New York compete for the opportunity to host an expected $15 billion initial public offering by China’s e-commerce leader Alibaba, US investors are once again ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Ex-Warehouse Worker Named Wal-Mart Boss

NEWSMAKERS By Valentina Pasquali US retail giant Wal-Mart is going for tradition and loyalty in selecting its new CEO and president. In an effort to strengthen its bottom line at a time when the industry is in a ...