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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corruption: Offer Jokes Instead Of Bribes

Management | Corruption 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

Capital Markets | Fixed Income 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

Turkey Every emerging economy has a tipping point beyond which investor sentiment turns negative, despite fundamentals.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

From Azerbaijan To Zambia, Country Ratings Slide

Capital Markets | Sovereign Risk Low energy and commodity prices and a global economy stuck in low gear have provoked a surge in sovereign ratings downgrades in the first three months of this year. And rating agencies anticipate another wave of downgrades if a wider global economic slowdown materializes.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Growing Pirate Party Channels Populist Fury

Iceland The Panama Papers’ revelation that Iceland’s prime minister had offshore interests, including claims on Icelandic banks, caused outrage in this naturally volcanic island state.

News

Innovators Q+A | Beta Testing Blockchain Functions

Gautam Jain, global head of digitization and client access, Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered Bank, talks about the bank’s role in a blockchain proof-of-concept joint effort.

News

Innovators Q+A | BNYMellon On Its Open-Source Platform

Suresh Kumar, CIO and senior executive vice president of BNY Mellon, discusses the development of the Nexen Ecosystem.

News

Innovators Q+A | Channeling The Data Flood

Peter Nabicht, co-founder of 12Sided Technology, sees the data deluge in the FX space as a boon traders—if they have the technology to manipulate the data.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Innovators Q+A | Coke’s New Tech Formula

Coca-Cola’s director of international treasury services, Jim Aschmeyer, explains how a strong relationship with Citi aids innovation and cash management.

Banking

Innovators Q+A | Islamic Banking’s Pawn Shop

Mohamed Azmeer, CEO of Amãna Bank, describes how Islamic principles require creativity to design products that meet customer needs.

News

Innovators Q+A | Singapore Blockchain Beta Shows Promise

Lum Yin Fong, global head of client management and implementation in Global Transaction Services at DBS Bank, talks about how her firm, in conjunction with Standard Chartered Bank and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, explored blockchain technology in trade finance.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Innovators Q+A | Treasury Transformation At Etihad Airways

Adam Boukadida, deputy treasurer for Etihad Airways, talks treasury transformation vision, goals and strategy.