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Can Spain Hold Steady?
<strong>Spain </strong>| Solid fundamentals and steady structural reform could be undercut by political chaos and global market turbulence.
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Carlos Slim Wants You To Work Less, Retire Later
<strong>Mexico | </strong>Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is advocating a massive shift to a three-day workweek, particularly for older employees.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Central/Eastern Europe: A New Golden Age?
<strong>Regional Report: Central & Eastern Europe</strong><br />
Despite a host of challenges, Europe’s formerly communist countries are poised for strong, steady growth.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Citi Earmarks $3.5 Billion For Argentine Clients
<strong>CREDIT LINE </strong>| On a visit to Argentina in August, Citi CEO Michael Corbat met with the country’s pro-market president, Mauricio Macri, and announced a $3.5 billion line of credit for the bank’s 1,300 corporate and institutional clients in the country.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cuba Says Welcome, But Bring Your Own Financing
<strong>Frontier Markets Report: Cuba</strong><br />
Obstacles and contradictions mar Cuba’s environment for foreign direct investment, but its market offers a wealth of opportunity.
Award Winners
Digital Banks of Distinction 2016
A new award from Global Finance recognizes banks with outstanding service and practice, but not necessarily the biggest balance sheets.
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.