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Can New Chinese Regulator Stabilize Markets?
<strong>Newsmakers | China</strong><br />
Liu Shiyu, who became the new head in mid-February, has an impressive pedigree. But the challenges he faces will require nothing short of mastery.
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Capitalizing On Adversity
The best banks see falling stock prices as an opportunity to finance takeovers with debt and sell bank equity to please regulators.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFO’s See Big Change Ahead
<strong>Management | Technology and Change</strong><br />
In the not-so-distant future, they believe, the corporate world will look very different than it does now.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFO’s The New Renaissance Men
<strong>Management | CFO's</strong><br />
A recent report by global consulting firm KPMG was titled, Introducing the Renaissance CFO.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China’s Onshore Bond Market Opens Up
<strong>Capital Markets | Fixed Income</strong><br />
China’s $7.4 trillion onshore bond market, the third-largest in the world, is opening to foreign institutional investors in the latest step by China to integrate its capital markets into the global financial system.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Dalian Wanda Creates World’s Biggest Theater Chain
<strong>Trends | Movies</strong><br />
China’s richest man goes to Hollywood and buys it.
Features
Djibouti Aiming High
<strong>Frontier Markets Report</strong><br />
Djibouti is a small country with ambitious plans, which it hopes to achieve by attracting large amounts of foreign direct investment.
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Down, But Not Out
Retail sales in the Middle East are susceptible to lower oil prices and falling consumer demand, but international retail chains still view the region’s long-term investment prospects positively.
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Driving Momentum: Shayne Nelson, Emirates NBD
Emirates NBD returned a stellar performance in 2015, but this year looks to be an entirely different proposition. Shayne Nelson, Emirates NBD Group’s CEO, tells Global Finance how the bank plans to drive growth and why consolidation is needed in the UAE banking sector.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Earnings Pressures May Spur Us Bank Mergers
<strong>Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions</strong><br />
A need by banks to address weak earnings could result in increased merger activity in 2016, according to Fitch Ratings.
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Fast Follower: Tirad Al-Mahmoud, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank was the first Islamic bank established in Abu Dhabi, in 1997, and has evolved to become one of the largest retail banks in the United Arab Emirates, with one of the strongest digital footprints of any bank in the UAE. ADIB increased full-year net profits by 10.5% in 2015 to reach 1.9 billion dirhams ($520 million). Global Finance sat down with ADIB’s CEO at the bank’s head office in Abu Dhabi.
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Fractured Election Results Cast Doubt Over PM’s Future
<strong>Newsmakers | Slovakia</strong><br />
Since he first became prime minister 10 years ago, Robert Fico has been the great survivor of Slovakia’s febrile and unpredictable political scene.