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Q+A: Bassel Gamal; CEO, Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB Group)
QIB controls 43.5% of the Islamic banking market share in Qatar and 11.5% of the overall market and says that the long-term growth prospects remain promising.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Ailing Lending Club Shakes Up Shadow Banking Boardroom
<strong>Trends | Shadow Banking</strong><br />
Renaud Laplanche, Lending Club’s founder, chief executive and public face, resigned abruptly in mid-May. His resignation casts a pall over not only the peer-to-peer lender that claims to be the world’s largest online marketplace connecting borrowers and investors, but also the shadow banking industry as a whole.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Assuming The Mantle Of Asia’s Financial Hub
Singapore has overtaken Hong Kong as Asia’s top financial center and now ranks third globally behind London and New York. This is the key takeaway from the latest Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), a ranking by British commercial think-tank Z/Yen Group.
Features
Bangladesh: Full Of Potential
The fast-growing nation is actively seeking FDI, but foreign investors must contend with endemic corruption and layers of bureaucracy.
News
Brazil’s Finance Minister Faces Storm
<strong>Brazil</strong><br />
Well known for his caution, Brazil Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles is well aware of the enormity of his nation’s fiscal hole. Brazil is likely to report a primary deficit of $36 billion this year, instead of the $6.8 billion surplus previously forecast.
News
Building Toward A Breakthrough
Finance sector innovations have cut costs and improved convenience but have not been transformative. Will bankers and treasurers—traditionally risk-averse players—ever brainstorm a revolutionary breakthrough?
News
Can Khan Deliver On Affordable Housing Pledge?
<strong>UK</strong><br />
The promise of London’s new mayor, Sadiq Khan, to build 50,000 homes (half of them affordable) with a reasonable commute is being heralded but also questioned.
Editor's Letter
Chasing Innovation
Companies thrive through innovation. It is an engine for growth and survival. Over time it distinguishes winners and losers, and it constantly redefines competition.
Features
China Battles Aging And Debt
Arthur Kroeber, head of research and founding partner of Gavekal Dragonomics, spoke with Global Finance about China’s politics, its markets and its future role in the global economy.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corruption: Offer Jokes Instead Of Bribes
<strong>Management | Corruption</strong><br />
At the anticorruption summit held in London last month, world leaders pledged to fight tax dodging, boost transparency and redouble efforts to confiscate and repatriate stolen assets to many of the world’s poorest countries.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ECB Corporate Bond Buying Lures US Issuers
<strong>Capital Markets | Fixed Income</strong><br />
US companies are rushing to borrow in European bond markets. They’re taking advantage of low interest rates on euro-denominated issues after the European Central Bank’s decision to start buying investment-grade corporate bonds in June—part of its economic stimulus program. Last year already set a record for corporate borrowing in Europe’s bond markets, where rates are significantly lower than in the US.
News
Erdogan’s Power Grab Roils Market
<strong>Turkey</strong><br />
Every emerging economy has a tipping point beyond which investor sentiment turns negative, despite fundamentals.<br />