Asia-Pacific

Roundup   By Thomas Clouse   Going east: GM’s Hummer brand heads to China China celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic on October 1 with a morning parade through the main avenues of Beijing, an ...

Roundup   By Aaron Chaze   In a sign of returning confidence, corporate India is rushing to market with a rash of IPOs and share offerings. During the last week of September alone, 20 Indian companies filed draft prospectuses with ...

Investor   HSBC Indian Equity Fund Produces Strong Return.   By Gordon Platt   Sanjiv Duggal, investment director of equities at Halbis, the active fundamental investment management arm of HSBC Global Asset Management, closely monitors the progress of the monsoons, ...

Asia   By Thomas Clouse   Lee Myung-bak, Wen Jiabao and Yukio Hatoyama in Beijing China, Japan and South Korea have pledged to work more closely with each other on issues ranging from economic development to environmental protection and nuclear ...

Regional Report / Asia Investment   Investment into—and out of—Asia bucked the global trend over the past year as China and India continue to power the region’s economic progress.   By Thomas Clouse   The past year has been a ...

Global Finance ranks the Biggest Emerging Market Banks by Region. NEW YORK, October 16, 2009 — As the world’s key emerging markets continue to drive the global economy out of recession, Global Finance unveils its second annual Global Finance 200, ...

THE NEXT GREAT LEAP FORWARD   Ample liquidity and a bold government stimulus package have catapulted China past stumbling rival economies.   By Thomas Clouse   China is showing few symptoms of an economic crisis. While many of the world’s ...

Roundup   By Aaron Chaze   India faces water shortages as summer rains fail India’s farmers face another tough year as it becomes clear that the southwest monsoon, which usually provides 70%-80% of India’s annual rainfall, has failed this year. ...

Company To Watch: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories/india   By GP   Hyderabad-based Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, India’s second-biggest pharmaceutical company, is a major global supplier of generic drugs. It has developed a strategic plan to increase its market share in the United ...

Roundup   By Thomas Clouse   WTO ruling forces China to lift import tax on car parts Despite witnessing a massive surge in lending, China will maintain its relatively loose monetary policy, China’s central bank says. Chinese banks granted 7.4 ...

Istanbul, October 6th, 2009 - Global Finance magazine hosted its thirteenth annual Best Bank Awards ceremony on October 6th, 2009, in Istanbul (Turkey), at the same time as the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank. More than 200 ...

DR News   Indian Companies Tap Rising Foreign Appetite for Shares   Indian companies seeking funds for expansion or to retire debt are tapping into a growing foreign appetite for their shares. Tata Steel raised $500 million on the London ...

Economic Update Central Asia   The former Soviet republics of Central Asia are undergoing dramatic and sometimes painful change as they attempt to modernize their economies and to exploit their vast reserves of natural resources.   By Paula L. Green ...

Company To Watch: Jiangxi Copper/China   Rise in Copper Prices Puts Shine on Chinese Producer   Jiangxi Copper, based in Guixi City in China’s inland Jiangxi Province, is the country’s largest producer of the red metal. It owns all five ...

Roundup   By Thomas Clouse   China’s property boom defies the recessio n China exceeded expectations across a variety of economic indicators in recent weeks, boosting hopes that the world’s third largest economy may have successfully weathered the global economic ...

With bank stability still high on corporate and investor agendas, Global Finance magazine publishes in the October 2009 issue its annual list of the world’s safest banks.   Global Finance has published its world’s safest banks listing for 18 years. ...

THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BANKS 2008 Rank Name Country Fiscal Year Total Assets ($b) 1 Royal Bank of Scotland Group United Kingdom 12/2007 3,807 2 Deutsche Bank Germany 12/2007 2,974 3 BNP Paribas France 12/2007 2,494 4 Barclays United Kingdom 12/2007 ...

AFRICA REGIONAL WINNER Standard Chartered COUNTRY WINNER Algeria Arab Banking Corporation Algeria Angola BES Angola Botswana Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Cote d’Ivoire Ecobank Ethiopia NIB International Bank Gambia Trust Bank Ghana Ghana Commercial Bank Guinea International Commercial Bank Kenya Barlcays ...

NEW YORK, July 21, 2009 — Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the “World’s Best Internet Banks” competition in Asia. This is the 10th year Global Finance has named the World’s Best Internet Banks. Details on all ...

Roundup   By Thomas Clouse   All clear: Policymakers backed away from Internet filtering With China's 4 trillion renminbi ($585 billion) stimulus package starting to show real results, the World Bank has upped its estimate for the country's 2009 GDP ...