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With SoftBank, Saudis Build $100 Billion Tech Fund
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has joined with Japan's SoftBank Group tolaunch what could become a $100 billion fund to focus on technology investments.
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Worlds Safest Banks 2016: Global Top 50
Rating upgrades are again driving changes in Global Finance’s ranking of the World’s 50 Safest Banks. Three new banks entered...
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Worlds Safest Banks 2016: Middle East Top 50
The safest banks in the Middle East are all based in the GCC, with the exception of the two large...
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World’s Safest Banks 2016: Country Winners
Global Finance’s country-by-country ranking of the Safest Banks comprises 104 countries. Sixteen of these countries have a new safest bank...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Algorithms Fingered in Pounds Flash Crash
Algorithms reading Twitter may have sent the pound tumbling for no good reason.
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Arab Banks Struggle to Maintain Correspondent Relationships
According to a recent IMF, World Bank and Arab Monetary Fund report, 40% of Arab banks are experiencing “a significant decline” in the scale of correspondent banking relationships. The report shows 167 terminated accounts in 2015 compared to 71 in ...
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Broverman: Tech To Extend Advisory’s Reach
Eli Broverman is president and co-founder of Betterment, a provider of automated online investment advice—“robo-advisory.” He visitedGlobal Financeto discuss technology and asset management.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Central Banks Contemplate Issuing Digital Currencies
With interest rates in negative territory and quantitative easing having run its course, central bankers are thinking about turning to cryptocurrencies to solve problems.
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Colombia: Unsettled After Voters Nix Peace
Columbian voters stunned observers on October 2 by rejecting the peace deal between the government of president Juan Manuel Santos and the guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), despite a 52-year civil war that has claimed approximately 220,000 ...
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Croatia: Seeking Stability
Like other geographic regions once under communist rule, Croatia has traveled a chaotic road to statehood, but it is now solidifying its economic and political progress.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Editorial: Ode To Stability
Letter from the editor on Global Finance's annual ranking of the World's Safest Banks.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FX Trading Pivots Toward China
The US dollar remains king in the world’s biggest market, as the rise of Asia’s share in foreign exchange trading, led by China, is coming at the expense of Europe rather than the US, analysts say.