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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

China’s Currency Fixings Suggests Move Toward Market Rate

The People’s Bank of China has introduced bigger movements in its daily fixings of the country’s currency against the dollar. If sustained, this subtle change could signal that the central bank is preparing to allow greater flexibility in foreign exchange trading.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Dealmaking Declines Despite China’s Record Overseas Buying

Following a record-breaking year for worldwide mergers and acquisitions, dealmaking declined to a two-year low in the first quarter of 2016.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Defense Spending Sparks Global Interest

India’s “Make in India” campaign has begun to pay dividends in the defense sector—a field where sharing of technology, processes and patented know-how by global giants does not happen easily.

News

Entrepreneur Banks On Digital And Mobile

UK: The April launch of Atom Bank is a new chapter for seasoned entrepreneur Anthony Thomson.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Giving Back To Mother Nature

Corporate sustainability is no longer just a box-ticking exercise. Increasingly, CFOs are making the link between measuring the environmental, social and cultural impact of their activities and long-term business value.

Banking

Global Finance Names The World’s Best Securities Services Providers 2016

NEW YORK, May 13, 2016 - Global Finance magazine has announced selections for the World’s Best Securities Services Providers 2016, which includes the fourteenth annual list of the World’s Best Subcustodians.

Award Winners

Growing Strong And Clean

Ralph Hamers, CEO and chairman of ING Group, talks with Global Finance about how ING’s lending practices and use of fintech are bolstering the bank—and sustaining the environment.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Iconoclast Economy Minister Mixes It Up

He’s a kickboxer and a football fanatic, an accomplished pianist and possibly the next president of France—and only 38.

Country Report

Indonesia Giving Mixed Messages

President Jokowi is a radical departure from Indonesia’s political and military elite, which perhaps explains why he is such a populist leader at home. But foreign investors find him difficult to read.

Award Winners

Internationalization Picks Up Speed

Bank of China, the fourth-largest bank in the world, has been an ener-getic leader in expanding overseas. In an interview with Global Finance, Chen Siqing, the bank’s president, spoke about internationalization efforts and the importance of overseas growth.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Investor Unease Ahead Of Philippines Election

On May 9, voters in the Philippines will elect a new president amid growing concerns over whether the strong legacy of president Benigno Aquino III will continue.

Banking

Japanese Banks Jump Into The Market

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ is learning to speak Arabic.