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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Global Enforcement Wave Hits Private Firms Hardest

Trends | Bribery & Corruption Anti-bribery and corruption enforcement efforts are picking up worldwide, with private firms more likely to be targeted, while large, state-owned enterprises are getting off easier, according to a report by Moody’s Investors Service.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Global Finance Cash 25 | Kings Of Cash

The Global Cash 25 list includes 13 US companies, seven Asian companies and five European firms.

Award Winners

Great Digital Expectations

In a talk with Global Finance, Merav Spektorovsky-Sasson, head of direct banking for Bank Hapoalim, Israel, lays out what banks must do to satisfy online customers.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Indonesia Report | Dangerous Summer

A wobbly administration and a plunge in commodities prices have triggered one of the nation’s toughest years in recent memory.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Kenya: Can New Central Bank Governor Lock In Gains?

Patrick Njoroge was named governor of the Central Bank of Kenya in June, part of a broader change in leadership at the Central Bank, including a new chairman and second deputy governor.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Middle East Poised For Growth

Isaac Thomas, executive vice president and head of cash management, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, describes the region’s changes and challenges.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Moving From CFO To CEO Hard Work, Study Finds

Management | Leadership Challenge Nearly two out of three chief financial officers worldwide aspire to become chief executives of their company, but relatively few succeed in occupying the corner office.

Award Winners

New Frontiers For Corporate Wealth

Global Finance talked with Reyer Kooy, head of institutional liquidity management, Europe, EMEA and Asia, for Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management—the top bank in GF’s ranking—about the shift in how companies invest.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Saudi Arabia Taps Bond Market As Low Oil Prices Create Deficit

Capital Markets | Fixed Income Saudi Arabia has issued its first sovereign bonds since 2007 to help fund a widening budget deficit caused by continued spending amid low oil prices.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SEC Issues Pay-Ratio Disclosure Rule

Management | Compensation Gap Accounting: Some five years and 287,000 comments after the pay-ratio disclosure rule was included in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued the final regulation in August.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Seeking Efficiency In Treasury Centers

Yin Fong Lum, global head of product management for cash management and trade finance, Global Transaction Services, DBS Bank, lays out the benefits and challenges of regional treasury centers.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Shifts In Global Banking Spur Outsourcing

Gregory Malosh, managing director and head of information and liquidity products, BNY Mellon, explains why banks find outsourcing good business.