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World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2016 | Table of Contents
The $5 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market is changing rapidly, as electronic execution platforms control the bulk of trading and bank dealers streamline operations in response to growing pressure from regulators to cut trading risks and boost capital.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Argentina’s New Finance Minister Wrestles With Peso
Argentina
The appointment of Alfonso Prat-Gay as Argentina’s new Finance minister was a clear sign to international investors that president Mauricio Macri, sworn in December 10, was serious about unraveling the populist policies of the previous government.
Features
Asset Management: Separate Accounts Are All the Rage
Corporate treasurers are parking more cash in separately managed accounts, which can be customized to their investment needs—and often beat money-market-fund returns.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Brazil Reeling After Another Junk Rating
The axe fell on Brazil heading into 2016 as it suffered a downgrade to junk status by Fitch Ratings, heightening the air of crisis as the beleaguered nation grapples with political turmoil and recession.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
BTG Looks To Restore Credibility By Selling Off Assets
Corporate Governance | Management
Selling the assets could improve BTG’s net worth by 20 billion reais ($5 billion).
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Bulgaria Attractive Despite Corruption
Bulgaria’s multilingual workforce attracts foreign investors, but corruption is a problem.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Burkina Faso’s New President Has An Edge
Burkina Faso
There’s been big change in the small country of Burkina Faso. On November 29, the West African nation of 17 million held its first free elections in almost three decades.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
China: The World’s New Laboratory
Tom Manning, affiliate partner at Waterstone Management, has been advising global companies on China, and vice-versa, for years. The onetime CEO of Ernst & Young Consulting Asia, Capgemini Asia, Cerberus Asia and Indachin, and former senior partner at Bain, sat down with Global Finance to discuss the nation’s quiet innovation revolution.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China’s New FX Regime
Foreign Exchange | Capital Markets
The renminbi’s entry into the International Monetary Fund’s basket of currencies, the Special Drawing Rights (SDR), will require China to have a more flexible exchange rate.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Czech Banks Are Lending
In November the European Investment Bank published its latest Bank Lending Survey for Central Europe and Southeastern Europe.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Czech Republic: The Quiet Achiever
Unlike some of its Eastern European neighbors, the Czech Republic has shunned joining the eurozone and has surprised many with its stable and healthy levels of economic growth. However, progress is still needed on business transparency.