Global Business & Emerging Markets

Pickup in issuance mostly benefits investment-grade companies

Pickup in issuance mostly benefits investment-grade companies

Preventing another meltdown requires understanding global interdependence, how value relationships evolved and network theory.

Interest reflects increased need for global visibility and concern over counterparty risk

While its Big Three competitors struggled, Ford's treasury filled up on cash when the markets were easy, which allowed the auto maker to reduce its debt without destroying shareholder value and steer clear of government loans.

Tier 2 issuers could use the support already available to Tier 1 companies, group says.

Tier 2 issuers could use the support already available to Tier 1 companies, group says.

Despite growing global uncertainty and instability, companies have yet to take the same formal and measured approach to political risk as they do to managing other exposures.