Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Activist Investors Stand Up
Shareholder activism is rising, even outside the US. Given recent market-shaking failures, more such assertiveness is welcome.
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Companies Face Tougher Standards
Silicon Valley Bank and other recently collapsed banks all received clean bills of health from outside auditors raising the question of whether accounting standards themselves need to be reformed.
Features
Fed Preps Digital Payments
FedNow will permit individuals and institutions to make payments around the clock daily, challengingprivate sector incumbents such as PayPal, Venmo and Square Cash.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
India’s PhonePe Branches Out
PhonePe is fast becoming a distribution engine, leveraging the large base of 450 million registered users to cross-sell products such as insurance, lending and other services.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Indian Companies Work Around Swift Ban Targeting Russia
Indian companies continue to do business with Russian banks using non-dollar currencies and channels outside of the Western financial system.
Features
Panama To Gain First Fully Digital Bank
Already active, the bank will launch its proprietary Atlas Pay platform in the region, a virtual wallet with built-in services.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Sri Lanka: IMF Approves Bailout
Sri Lanka’s perfect storm of economic disaster started with the Covid-19 pandemic and years of government nepotism, corruption, and economic mismanagement ultimately led to a$50 billion default on foreign loans.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Swiss National Bank Chair Reassures Markets
Swiss National Bank chair orchestratedthe swift takeover of Credit Suisse by competitor UBS but not without ruffling some feathers.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
The ‘Go Anywhere’ Strategy: Q&A With Cook & Bynum Co-founder Richard Cook
Richard Cook, co-founder of Cook & Bynum, a value and long-term investor with $300 million AUM, talks about searching for undervalued assets and the “on-the-ground research” approach.
Technology
The Netherlands Joins US Effort To Deny China Semiconductor Technology
While the US effort to cut China out of the global semiconductor industry is driven by national security concerns,the effort has consequences for semiconductor companies that produce civilian products.
Editor's Letter
Turmoil And Surprise
Global Financeeditor at large Andrea Fiano's letter to you, the reader.
Banking
Worlds Safest Unfazed By Recent Bank Failures
The leaders on ourannual list of trhe world's safest banks, compiled last summer, show continued stability despite the global banking upheaval.