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Gulf Wealth Funds Get More Strategic
Can the Saudis’ $2 trillion Public Investment Fund transition the kingdom to a post-oil economy?
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Hanging On, Portugal Staves Off Downgrade
<strong>PORTUGAL | </strong>With a hefty debt overhang, Portugal can’t quit now on structural reform.
News
Hani Mulki Takes Reins In Jordan, For Now
<strong>Jordan | </strong>Hani Mulki, a former Jordanian minister, was appointed interim prime ministerin May.
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Head Start On Diversification Eases UAE’s Transition
From financial services to healthcare to tourism, the Emirates is exploring and expanding into new non-oil businesses.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
In Developing Technology, Banks Go Back To Basics
Amid the surge in global trade, financial institutions are revisiting the way they conduct transaction banking.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Israeli Bankers Quit Over Salary Cap
Highly compensatedIsraeli bank executives feel harried by a new law placing limits on their salaries.
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Kuwait Takes Action
Striving to shake its oil dependence, Kuwait is opening up to foreign ownership. Will investors bite?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MSCI Tells China To Wait, May Reclassify Nigeria
China’s recent efforts to make it easier for global investors to access its enormous stock markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen were not enough to persuade MSCI to include these “China A shares” in its widely followed Emerging Markets Index just yet.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Parente To Lead Petrobras In Fire Sale
<strong>Brazil | </strong>Pedro Parente, who was appointed CEO of state-controlled oil producer Petrobras on May 19, brings both corporate and government experience to the new role.
Features
Peer Networks For The Nearly Peerless
Clubs offer the ultrarich safe spaces to talk money with financial equals.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Peru’s New President Seeks Unity After Tight Race
<strong>Peru </strong>| Even though Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was elected Peru’s new president by a whisker, his victory was greeted with enthusiasm at home and abroad.
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Political Mayhem Adds To Olympic Woes
<strong>Brazil </strong>| Despite the optimistic expectations in 2009, when Rio de Janeiro was chosen to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the competition in August is not likely to show Brazil in the best light.