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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Argentina Making Peace With International Investors

<strong>Milestones | Argentina</strong><br /> As Argentina prepares to launch a new bond issue in April, marking its return to international capital markets, investors are once again turning their attention to Buenos Aires, which has known 15 years of isolation.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Bankers Say Negative Rates Could Harm Financial System

<strong>Capital Markets | Fixed Income</strong><br /> The European Central Bank pushed its deposit rate deeper into negative territory in March, even as commercial bankers cautioned that such an unorthodox move could undermine their profitability and disrupt their role as financial intermediaries while doing little to boost lending or the economy.

News

Banking On Talent: Abdulrazak Ali Issa, Bank Muscat

Now that some sanctions have been lifted against Iran, Oman’s governmental policy of neutrality could come to the fore in the banking sector. Bank Muscat is gearing up to enter the Iranian market, placing it ahead of many of its banking counterparts in the Gulf. Bank Muscat’s CEO answers questions from Global Finance about the move, and the bank’s challenges in an epoch of austerity.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Barclays To Sell Africa Business

Capital Markets | Regulation<br /> “Nothing will make us deviate or change our course. We are not exiting our operations in any of our African markets,” declared Maria Ramos, CEO of Barclays Africa.

News

Best-Performing Companies In The Middle East

There are big changes at the top of the rankings this year, and there is greater geographical diversity in the list. Companies in the region are dealing with a number of serious headwinds and broader economic and market changes, which are starting to take their toll.

Features

Blockchain Voyages Of Discovery

<strong>Special Report: Fintech</strong><br /> As banks rush to find areas where the blockchain can save them time and money while creating opportunities, it’s hard to see exactly how this might shape future banking processes.

News

Branching Out: Adel El-Labban, Ahli United Bank

Despite tightening liquidity in the Gulf banking sector, Bahrain’s largest lender reported robust profits in 2015. After leading a slew of product launches, AUB’s group CEO and managing director believes the bank’s prudent risk management will underpin its expansion. He spoke to Global Finance at the bank’s headquarters in Bahrain.

News

Breen Goes Lean Before Mega-Merger

<strong>Newsmakers | United States</strong><br /> Edward Breen earned his reputation breaking up Tyco, so it’s no surprise that he’s hit the ground running since taking over at DuPont last October as interim CEO, a position made permanent a month later.

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Can New Chinese Regulator Stabilize Markets?

<strong>Newsmakers | China</strong><br /> Liu Shiyu, who became the new head in mid-February, has an impressive pedigree. But the challenges he faces will require nothing short of mastery.

Award Winners

Capitalizing On Adversity

The best banks see falling stock prices as an opportunity to finance takeovers with debt and sell bank equity to please regulators.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CFO’s See Big Change Ahead

<strong>Management | Technology and Change</strong><br /> In the not-so-distant future, they believe, the corporate world will look very different than it does now.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CFO’s The New Renaissance Men

<strong>Management | CFO's</strong><br /> A recent report by global consulting firm KPMG was titled, Introducing the Renaissance CFO.
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