Country Report
Portugal Maintaining Momentum
Portugalavoided austerity in its path to recovery but now faces adaunting debt load.
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News
Spain’s Socialist PM Rebounds But Without Legislative Majority
Spain's PM manages to survive a tough intra-party challenge.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Switzerland Eyes Government-Backed Cryptocurrency
Another step towards a cashless society?
Data
Taxes: VAT Revolution
Adopting a new tax system, Saudi Arabia and the UAE deliver a shock to companies and consumers—and reassurance to foreign investors.
Features
The Return Of Restructuring?
The world is awash in investor cash seeking returns, so why are so many companies restructuring rather than refinancing?
Award Winners
The Right Touch In Emerging Markets
Standard Chartered Bank’s head of Securities Services, Margaret Harwood-Jones, talks about how the bank uses its global platform to help build stronger markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
News
Turnover In Economic Posts Puts Indian Reforms In Doubt
Turmoil at the top of India's government threatens Modi's agenda.
Data
Upstarts Find A Way In
The push into transaction banking by Australia’s growing horde of fintechs and other startups has not been less than the push into personal and small-business lending.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
US Supreme Court Takes On Global E-Commerce
The high court ruled that online retailers must collect state sales tax from consumers but the international implications of this are unclear.
News
With IMF Scrutiny, Islamic Finance Goes Mainstream
Islamic finance is seen as an increasingly legitimate alternative to traditional, interest-based finance.
Award Winners
World’s Best Subcustodian Banks 2018
Winners of our annual Best Sub-custodian Bank Awards are leaders in protecting and servicing client assets in far-flung markets.
Awards
World’s Most Innovative Countries 2018
China is rising, the US is falling, and some developing nations in Africa are outperforming according to the2018 editionof the Global Innovation Index.