Awards
World’s Best Banks 2020: Western Europe
Global Finance’s Best Banks in Western Europe 2020 distinguished themselves by strengthening their capital buffers—just in time for a wrenching new year.
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Awards
World’s Best Banks 2020: Who’s Most Prepared To Weather The Storm?
Global Finance’s 27th annual awards for the World’s Best Banks honor winners in more than 150 countries and seven global regions, as well as eight regions in the US.
Awards
World’s Best Banks: Central & Eastern Europe
The best banks in the continent’s developing markets reported higher growth and stronger fundamentals in 2019.
News
Central And Latin America Hit Hardest By Falling Remittances
A squeeze on jobs and wages in the US and other developed countries will translate into fewer remittances, affecting less-developed regions such as Central and Latin America.
News
Countries Move To Protect Against Hostile Takeovers
Governments are protecting their national interests through introducing or strengthening their FDI screening regimes.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Dominican Republic: Uncertainty Ahead
The Covid-19 pandemic threatens its recent robust economic growth—and exposes some underlying weaknesses.
News
Emerging Powers: Tom Masi And Nuno Fernandes Q&A
Global Finance spoke with Tom Masi and Nuno Fernandes, co-portfolio managers for Emerging Wealth Equity strategy at GW&K Investment Management, about wealth trends in China, India and other emerging markets.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Federal Reserve To Buy Bonds Of Fallen Angels
Will other central banks follow the Fed and buy riskier assets as they expand their balance sheets?
Features
France’s Central Bank Heeds Call For Currency Innovation
Based on a desire to avoid fragmentation in settlement procedures, the central bank will review and adjust the conditions under which it provides financial intermediaries with central bank money.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Luckin Coffee Inflates Sales
The scandal reignited long-standing concerns over accounting standards at US-listed Chinese companies.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Oil Industry Faces Decimation As Prices Turn Negative
With most countries entering recession, booming oil prices are not on the immediate horizon.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Record Bond Issuance Bolsters Cash Reserves
In addition to tapping the bond market and holding proceeds in cash, companies took other actions, including suspending dividends and ending share-repurchase programs, to conserve cash to get through the crisis.