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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Brazil Ratings Downgrade Keeps Coming
Major rating agencies are chasing each other in downgrading Brazil, as the country struggles with recession, a spiraling devaluation of the real and a damaging political crisis.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Canada: Harper On The Ropes As Growth Falters, Elections Grow Near
Against the backdrop of a lackluster economy, Canadian voters will head to the polls on October 19—and it’s no shoe-in for incumbent prime minister Stephen Harper.
Award Winners
Capturing Corporate Cash
Martin Gilbert, chief executive at Aberdeen Asset Management, says diversification and globalization will see an ever-increasing number of businesses turn to outside portfolio managers.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Car Consortium Hopes To Drive Digital Mapping Future
Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions
German auto manufacturers Audi, BMW and Daimler have acquired the Finnish company Nokia’s high-precision digital mapping service Here for €2.8 billion ($3.1 billion).
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China: Goldman Guru To Guide Alibabas Global Growth
The appointment of former Goldman Sachs executive Michael Evans as president of Alibaba is the latest move in the Chinese conglomerate’s attempts to expand its business beyond its domestic base.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China’s Consumers Could Boost GDP Growth Rate
Capital Markets | Economic Transition
As China makes the transition to a consumer-led economy, it has the potential to generate an incremental $15 trillion in consumer spending over the next decade, according to a report by think tank The Demand Institute.
Banking
Correspondent Banking Stronger Than Ever
The industry retrenches, redefining networks in response to client needs
Award Winners
Custom Fit For Online
Mayank Mishra, Citi’s managing director and global head of online banking and connectivity services, describes balancing global digital solutions with the specific needs of corporate clients.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Data Wars
Global Salon
At this point, it’s pretty much assumed that hackers are going to break into corporate computer networks. Global Finance talked with Michael Morris, chief Technology Officer of root9B, which offers cybersecurity services to corporate and government entities, about the war on digital attackers—and how businesses can retake some ground.
Award Winners
Defending The Digital Perimeter
In an interview with Global Finance, Asit Oberoi, chief operating officer of India’s YES Bank, talks about how banks are countering threats from hackers and cybercriminals.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Dollar Daze
Introduction
The strong US greenback is making life difficult for corporate treasurers.