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Best Investment Banks and Sustainable Finance Awards Ceremony 2025

Leaders from across the industry attended to recognise organisations that have navigated global uncertainty and market conditions, delivering both returns...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

US-China Tariff Truce Triggers Transpacific Rush—But Uncertainty Lingers

A brief easing of tariffs between the US and China has set off a burst of transpacific trade activity, but deeper tensions and long-term supply chain disruptions continue to cloud the outlook.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Google And Meta Face Scrutiny

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently ruled against Google twice: in August 2024 for monopolizing the search engine and search advertising markets, and in April 2025 for its digital advertising network being an illegal monopoly.

Mitigating climate change: the role of the Paris Agreement Global Stocktake

When 195 countries signed up to the Paris Agreement in 2015, it seemed the world was finally taking climate change seriously. The commitment to taking the measures necessary to limit the increase in the mean global temperature to a maximum of 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels seemed a turning point in the fight against climate change.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Is Musk Done With DOGE? Tesla Investors Hope So

Tesla just posted its worst quarterly results in years. Net income plunged 71% to $409 million in the first quarter.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

(Another) New Deal With The IMF

Even before Argentina’s previous agreement with the International Monetary Fund expired in December, President Javier Milei began pursuing a new bailout package.

Technology

Trade Wars Accelerate Adoption Of AI Software

The ongoing trade wars and inconsistent tariff announcements from the US, Europe, and China have created chaos in financial markets and global trade networks.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

For British Steel, Nationalization Looms – Again

UK citizens could be forgiven for thinking, in early April, that they had been transported back in time, amid suggestions British Steel should be nationalized—something that happened back in 1967.

Nomo breaks new ground in Islamic digital banking

‘We continue to listen to customer needs,’ says Abdullah Al-Tuwaijri, CEO, Consumer, Private & Digital Banking of Boubyan Bank and board member of Bank of London and The Middle East, the largest Islamic bank in Europe

Executive Interviews

Ramaco’s CEO Says Surprise Rare Earth Discovery Sparks US Production

When Nasdaq-listed, Kentucky-headquartered metallurgical coal developer Ramaco Resources announced in 2023 that it discovered rare earth elements in its Wyoming...

Executive Interviews

CFO Corner: Ron Bain, Vaalco Energy

Ron Bain is CFO of Vaalco Energy, a Houston-based upstream oil and gas company with a strong presence in Africa and Canada. Founded in 1985, Vaalco is dual-listed on the New York and London stock exchanges.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

GIFT City Takes Off With Axis Bank Lease Deal

The deal also marks a milestone for Indian aviation finance: the first transaction in which all the stakeholders— lender, borrower,...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Anti-Bribery Backpedal

Trump’s pause of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has left companies confused and cast doubt on US leadership of anti-corruption efforts.

Belfius: We Go Further For The Love Of Our Belgian Customers

Acclaimed for its cash management and trade finance expertise, Belfius Bank is leveraging its public-sector experience to innovate corporate transaction banking in Belgium. Koen Vierendeels, Belfius’s Head of Transaction Banking, discusses the customer-centric heart of the bank’s strategy and how its Belgian-market focus is a strong competitive advantage in achieving customer service excellence and navigating risk.

Transaction Banking

A Sea Of Uncertainty

As companies navigate a tariff tsunami and reshoring renaissance, they are finding new tools and strategies—some AI-powered—to manage the challenge.