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Investment in the Australian mining sector is back. Thai coal producer Banpu has moved to acquire the remaining 80.1% stake in Australia's Centennial Coal which it does not already own. The proposed US$2.1bn takeover stands to be Thailand's largest overseas acquisition to-date.
2010-07-11While we may well be bearish in the near-term on the macro front, for investors, the uncertain climate of a bear market not only presents risk but also opportunity. And right now, emerging market (EM) corporate and sovereign bonds represent that opportunity. Indeed, H110 saw EM bonds issued at the fastest pace on record.
2010-07-13India's oil secretary has suggested the possibility of the government selling a non-controlling stakes in state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).
2010-07-21Europe came back into focus this week with the announcement of the results of the stress tests upon the banking sector. Despite the fact that only seven of the 91 EU banks tested failed to meet the required Tier 1 capital ratio, giving the industry something of a conditional thumbs up, we caution that the results are unlikely to provide a major and sustained boost to capital markets....
2010-07-29Mexico-based bread maker Bimbo has said that it would look to pay back up to US$700mn in debt by the end of 2010 to put itself in a position to make acquisitions. The company told news website Just-food that it would target bolt-on acquisitions in markets where it already operates, but said it was not currently planning big investments in new markets. The firm's acquisition of the...
2010-07-21The acquisition of US electric car producer Phoenix Motorcars by Dubai-based conglomerate Al Yousuf Group, has opened up the possibility of not just domestic vehicle production in the UAE, but production of electric cars. Al Yousuf has been a shareholder in Phoenix for two years and claims to have already invested AED100mn over the last year developing the Phoenix electric sport...
2010-07-28US independent Apache is struggling to seal a deal with BP to acquire half of the British major's stake in the Prudhoe Bay field on the Alaskan North Slope. Talks between the two sides have stalled over the last few days, raising doubts over the deal's completion prospects.
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