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Businesses in France and Germany a World Apart on Eurozone Future

23-May-13

New research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) reveals that businesses in France and Germany, the eurozone’s two biggest economies, are a world apart in their views on the bloc’s future.

Supply Chain Finance Reveals High-Growth Trajectory

22-May-13

Supply chain finance has continued to exhibit strong growth in the last two years.

Investors Positioning For China Slowdown and Low Inflation

21-May-13

Investors are positioning themselves for slower growth in China and prolonged low inflation – sending commodities allocations to a four-year low.

Top Asian Companies Intend to Change Primary Banking Relationship

21-May-13

Asia’s top 1000 institutions are increasingly on the move, with more than six percent – or more than 60 leading companies - indicating they intend to change their primary banking relationship in the next six months.

Chinese Banks Experience Significant Slowdown in Profit Growth

20-May-13

The economic slowdown in 2012 caused a significant decline in the growth of net profits among Chinese banks.

Cash Visibility Remains Top Concern of Firms Doing Business in Asia

20-May-13

Improving cash visibility remains the top focus of firms doing businesses in Asia, finds a joint survey by SunGard and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Asia's Local Currency Bond Markets Booming

17-May-13

Trading volume in local currency Asian bonds has grown from less than an annual $500 billion in 2008 to more than $1 trillion in 2012.

Moody's: Stable Credit Trend for Asian Non-Financial Corporates

17-May-13

Moody's Investors Service reports a stable rating trend for non-financial corporates in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) through mid-May 2013, and expects overall credit conditions to be benign for most issuers for the rest of the year.

China Poised to Overtake US as Largest Corporate Debt Market

16-May-13

China is poised to overtake the US as the world’s largest corporate debt market for non-financial companies in the next two years, according to a report from Standard & Poor's (S&P).

Moody's Maintains Stable Outlook on Malaysia's Banking System

15-May-13

Moody's Investors Service has announced that it maintains its stable outlook for the Malaysian banking system for the next 12 to 18 months in its most recent Banking System Outlook.

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