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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Radical Changes Expected In D&O Coverage

Insuring against litigation arising from bankruptcy remains the core business for D&O providers, and with sectors such as travel, leisure, hospitality and traditional retail under enormous pressure, pay-out areas are likely to grow.

Data

A Region In Crisis Takes A Fresh Hit

As governments scramble to contain Covid-19, Latin America must still reckon with deep-seated economic shortcomings.

Features

Africas 25 Best Companies

African economies face especially tough barriers to post-Covid-19 recovery. Global Finance names the top 25 best performing companies throughout Africa.

Features

Executive Insights: World Bank Director Greta Bull Q&A

Greta Bull, chief executive of Consultative Group to Assist the Poor and a World Bank director, speaks of the reality of microfinance today.

Features

Helping the Homeland: African Development Bank CFO Swazi B. Tshabalala Q&A

Swazi B. Tshabalala, chief finance officer and currently acting senior vice president at the African Development Bank Group, discusses the bank’s efforts to help countries ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic and the how the continent can jumpstart economic development.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Kazakhstan: Economy In Transition

Kazakhstan’s evolution to a market economy hinges on diversifying away from oil and gas, with a lift from FDI. Covid complicates that scenario.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Some Billionaires Are More Equal Than Others

Billionaire wealth grewdespite theglobal pandemic, particularly for those in tech, health care, and industrials.

Features

The Last Internet Battlefield

By drone or by cable, Google, Facebook and other tech giants are vying to unlock Africa’s trove of potential subscribers who still lack internet access.

Data

The Old Days Aren’t Coming Back

Central America and the Caribbean won’t revert to normal post-Covid. Digitization, diversification and infrastructure investment are contributing to a regional transformation.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Alternative IPOs Pick Up Steam

Palantir and Asana go public in direct listings as the IPO market heats up.

News

Banks Urged To Address Inequalities

While fintech was meant to democratize economic power, unconscious biases drove innovation and solutions were designed to generate revenue rather than improve everyone's lives.

Features

Can Microlenders Make A Comeback?

Once hailed as a game-changer for the impoverished, microlenders are falling behind in the digital race while online lenders and commercial banks poach their turf.