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Editor's Letter
Editorial: Digital Innovation Lights The Way
Uncertainty in the financial sector calls for attention to innovations that will cut a clear path through the confusion.
Country Report
Egypt Gets With The Program
<strong>Egypt </strong>| Its IMF loan could ease investor concerns and end its foreign exchange shortage.
News
Eurozone Attracts Record Foreign Investment
<strong>Europe</strong> | Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Europe hit a record high in 2015 with 5,083 new cross-border projects, an increase of 14% from 2014, creating approximately 218,000 new jobs
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
For Greater Security, Hack Yourself
<strong>SECURITY</strong> | Cybersecurity forecasts predict more and stronger attacks on corporate and bank technology systems. One treatment: Inoculate by intentionally attacking your own system to find weaknesses before hackers do.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
India: Landmark Reform To Unify Taxes
<strong>India</strong> | The Indian parliament’s adoption of a constitutional amendment bill has paved the way for the biggest tax reform in the $2 trillion economy’s history, as Narendra Modi’s government prepares to usher in a dramatic change in the tax regime: a single goods and services tax (GST) that subsumes all central, state and local levies.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Keeping Up With The Regulators
<strong>Regulations </strong>| Compliance in a shifting regulatory environment requires nimble responses.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Masala Bonds Go Greener
<strong>INDIA</strong> | Introduced just a year ago, “green” masala bonds—offshore rupee-denominated bonds to fund private-sector investment addressing climate change—are hot.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Nearshoring Tide Rises In Europe
<strong>LOCATION TRENDS </strong>| Technology allows all sorts of work to be done anywhere.Many companies are taking advantage of this power to "nearshore" European operations from pricey major capitals to lower-cost locales.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Never Use A Hedge To Bet On Markets
<strong>Hedging Strategies </strong>| Billion-dollar fuel-hedging losses offer a counterintuitive lesson for corporates.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Once Bitten, Twice Finance Minister
<strong>Indonesia |</strong>Can themuch-admired former Finance Minister of Indonesia, Sri Mulyani Indrawati,bring back the magic in her second tour in the post?
News
Pots Of Gold, Leprechauns Or No
<strong>Ireland</strong> | Ireland has been a eurozonegrowth powerhousein recent years, and remains strong, despite Brexit.