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Tortola Capital continues to review stock and bond sales in 2009, and has summarized interesting findings. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. held its ranking as the top underwriter of stocks and bonds for the second consecutive year, helped by the strength of its historic franchise in debt and the more fragile health of some rivals. …

It has been a bumpy year for the global economy, and Latin America may be on the roller coaster ride of the century, reports Clayton Emerson of Tortoal Capital. In 2009, Morgan Stanley’s weighted index of regional stocks, the MSCI Latin America Index, rose 98%, a big reversal from 2008′s 53% decline. Who were the …

Global mergers-and-acquisition activity for 2009 was $2.3 trillion, down 22% from $2.94 trillion in 2008, according to Tortola Capital, quoting data analytics firm Dealogic. This is the lowest dollar value for mergers-and-acquisitions since $1.98 trillion in deals in 2004. The drop would have been slightly greater in 2009 were it not for extraordinary government interventions …

The investment team at Tortola Capial continues to watch Asia for winning investment opportunities, and Henry J. Marshall, President and CEO of Tortola Capital, has pointed out an interesting trend in the Asian IPO market. In terms of the number of IPOs last year, no region of the world was more active than Asia, with …