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Getting Bank Regulation Right
Two economists lay out some arguments—pro and con—about US and European bank oversight
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Global Giants To Help Indias FlipKart Beat Back Competition
Facing increasing competition from Amazon and Alibaba, India’s Flipkart ecommerce platform has turned to Microsoft, Tencent and eBay for financial, technical and market support.
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Growing With Startups
Sim Tshabalala, joint group chief executive of Standard Bank, explains how the continent’s biggest bank will benefit from Africa’s coming renewal.
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ICBC Tackles Its Challenges
The sprawling Chinese bank faces a slowing domestic economy and new opportunities in international markets.
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Norways Giant Fund Stamps Big Activist Feet
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund increasingly engages in activism over the governance of companies it invests in.
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Q&A with Al Baraka: Cracking Africa
Al Baraka Banking Group is expanding into new markets and seeking greater share in its home countries, says Adnan Ahmed Yousif, chairman and chief executive.
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Q&A with Bank Muamalat: Exponential Potential
Islamic finance has great opportunities to gain market share, says Endy Abdurrahman, CEO of Bank Muamalat Indonesia.
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Q&A with Maybank Islamic: A Focused Expansion
Dato’ Mohamed Rafique, head of Maybank’s Islamic Banking Group and CEO of Maybank Islamic Berhad, explains how Islamic finance is contributing to the bank’s growth.
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Record Saudi Sukuk Broadens Market
Investors snapped up Saudi Arabia’s debut international sukuk, a type of Islamic financing gaining popularity worldwide.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Regulators Probe Barclays Whistleblowing Witch-Hunt
UK regulators are probing the behavior of Barclays CEO Jes Staley for his efforts to unmask a whistleblower, raising issues of confidentiality, liability, culture and honesty throughout the banking industry.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Risky REFI Do-Overs For Corporate Finance
With interest rates insanely low, many corporate borrowers have been refinancing with leveraged loans—despite significant risks—and investors are eagerly snapping up the debt
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Riyadh Forms Parallel Equity Market
Nomu, a new Saudi equity market, will have lighter listing requirements than Tadawul, deepening the Saudi capital market with an alternative platform.