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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Barclays Sells Down Africa Stake

UK-based Barclays has reduced its shareholding in Johannesburg-listed Barclays Africa from 62.3% to 50.1% this year and is believed to be seeking to reduce that stake further to around 20%.

Award Winners

Best Of The Best in Finance 2016

A roundup of winners ofGlobal Financeawards duringthe past year.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Central Banker Report Cards 2016

Global Finance takes the world’s central bank governors to school in our annual “report cards” grading their economic stewardship.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Central Bankers: Have They Reached The Limits Of Their Power?

Central bank governors face the tough task of stimulating growth with monetary policy, which seems to have reached a natural limit. Only fiscal policy can set the stage for long-term expansion.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Countries Turn To VAT To Plug Tax Gap

Gulf nations are the latest in the growing number of countries implementing value-added taxes (VAT) on goods and services.<br />

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Danger In The Cloud

The2016 Global Cloud Data Security Study, compiled for digital security company Gemalto by the Ponemon Institute, shows that safety measures are not keeping up with Cloud data challenges, making organizations vulnerable in storage and management of confidential information.

Features

Erdogan & Putin: New Best Frenemies

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin seem to have mended fences. Will the alliance last?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

European Bond-Buying Spree Warps Markets

Blue-chip bond buys add liquidity fuel to companies already swimming in cash.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Expanding India’s Corporate Debt Markets

A deepening and widening of the nascent corporate bond market in India is on track, following reforms by the Reserve Bank of India aimed todraw in foreign and small investors.

Features

Felaban Draws Bankers To Buenos Aires

The Felaban Annual Assembly in Buenos Aires in November is expected to be one of the biggest networking events of the year for international bankers.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Hanjin: Coal Mine Canary?

Some believe Hanjin's bankruptcy signals that quantitative easing has no more power, and a global recession is on the horizon.

Country Report

India Set For Rebirth

Policy changes and consistent growth have positioned India to draw fresh investment.