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Strategic Content
Deal Of The Week
Finance / United States

News of General Motor 's mammoth proposed listing appears to have created a chain reaction in the US autos sector. Indeed, the US government's rush to the exit door on its bailout investments continues to gather steam with the proposed IPO of Ally Financial, the rebranded former in-house autos financing unit of GM. The Detroit-based lender, known as GMAC until as recently...2010-08-12

Market Leader
Finance / China

At a time when many institutional investors are still licking their wounds over loses in real estate investment portfolios in the US, the deep-pocketed China Investment Corporation (CIC) is busy buying its way in. Significantly, the Chinese state-backed investment vehicle is doing so via the backdoor. In line with CFW 's key market view that sovereign wealth funds (SWFs)...2010-08-12

Key Market Views
Finance

Key Market Views (August 9 2010 issue)

2010-08-05
Latest Stories
Asia
Finance / Philippines

Recently-elected Philippines' President Benigno Aquino III has moved full speed ahead to tackle the country's substantial infrastructure deficit. Following his first State of the Nation address, in which called for increased private investment in infrastructure, Aquino has been working hard to create a fertile business envrionment.

2010-09-01
Europe
Finance / Germany

Volkswagen (VW)'s move to acquire Fiat's sports car division Alfa Romeo, as reported by German newspaper Automobilwoche, is widely being seen as part of the German firm's attempts to become the world's most popular carmaker by 2018.

2010-09-01
Latin America
Finance / Chile

Chilean insurance companies are seeking a relaxation of the current caveats on their participation in infrastructure syndicated loans. Any such move by the regulator could certainly unlock precious new capital for Chile's infrastructure debt market. This highlights a regional trend, with pension funds and insurance companies, in Mexico and Colombia and lately Uruguay, also seeking...2010-08-24


Middle East & Africa
Finance / South Africa

South African fixed-line incumbent Telkom is looking to rebuild its partnership with US-based AT&T in a move that signals a change in strategy. In an interview with Reuters, Jeffery Hedberg, acting CEO of Telkom, revealed that the company's new focus is on existing customers as opposed to new licences. Although Telkom's initial...2010-09-01

North America
Finance / Canada

Canadian food and retail conglomerate George Weston has purchased the US frozen bakery producer Keystone Bakeries for US$185mn. The deal comes 18 months after George Weston sold a US bread-making unit to the Mexican food group Bimbo for US$2.4bn and indicates that it is now ready to reinvest some the cash generated from this sale.

2010-09-01