News
Zambia: Hichilema Takes The Helm Of State
Can a career businessman and management expert turn around Zambia's grim economic trajectory?
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Tightening Regs And Near-Term Risks To Slow Dealmaking: Q&A With Amit Thakur
Amit Thakur, a managing director at Amax Capital and CFO of Augie, is a financial advisor in M&A, debt and equity raising, and strategic finance deals totaling $35 billion. A cross-border pro, Thakur launched Standard Chartered's U.S. M&A business, and led Morgan Stanley's Indian FIG group. He mentors startups as well as multinational companies, globally. As <a href="https://thesource.refinitiv.com/thesource/getfile/index/8d5d8efa-e75c-4857-9986-9526f9fd867e">worldwide M&A activity</a> reached $2.8 trillion in the first half of 2021, Thakur says there are plenty of factors that can affect deal pace, including heightened regulatory scrutiny, debt issuance and a tempering SPAC boom.
Features
Latin American ESG Bond Issuances Break Record In 2021
Latin America's debt markets are heating up and going green.
Expert Perspectives
In Conversation with Sael Al Waary, Deputy Group CEO of Bank ABC.
Global Finance’s Publisher and Editorial Director Joseph Giarraputo speaks with Sael Al Waary, Deputy Group CEO of Bank ABC. The discussion covers a number of topics on AI, the selection of ABC Labs in Global Finance’s Best Innovation Labs, Open Banking and Cloud development in Bahrain’s fintech infrastructure and ecosystem and Bank ABC’s launch of its digital-mobile only bank ila.
Expert Perspectives
In conversation with Admassu Tadesse, Group Managing Director & CEO, TDB Bank
Global Finance’s Publisher and Editorial Director Joseph Giarraputo speaks with Admassu Tadesse, Group Managing Director & CEO of the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank – TDB. They discuss the development and status of TDB, the bank’s trade finance expertise across Africa including pioneering the use of a blockchain solution, and TDB’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Features
What Can Brexit And The UK’s Covid-19 Response Teach The World
Dana Bodnar, a senior economist at Atradius, discusses with Global Finance the hard-learned lessons.
Banking
A New Era Of Riches
The ranks of the wealthy continue to grow in the GCC, and with their wealth growing in complexity, too, they are demanding ever more from their wealth managers.
News
AMLO Consolidates Influence On Banxico
Mexico's president shakes up his economic team and consolidates control over the central bank.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Asian Startups Choose Tokyo For IPOs
Tokyo is increasingly beating Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore for IPO listings.
News
Biden Talks Tough On Consolidation
The Biden administration moves to make the American economy a morelevel playing field.
News
Central Bank Conveniences Customers
The ECB moves forward with plans to create a digital Euro and digital wallets for consumers.
News
China Reforms Bring New Funds
BlackRock received the license in June 2021 as the first foreign financial institution to operate a wholly owned China subsidiary, BlackRock Fund Management.