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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

European Commission To Streamline & Strengthen Tax Regime

Management | Tax Policy In an effort to clamp down on tax avoidance by multinationals, the European Commission has announced plans to revive a proposal to unify the corporate tax base across Europe.

Banking

FinTech: Will Blockchain Enable Better Banking?

SIBOS Supersection 2015 | Fintech–Blockchain Technology Freed from bitcoin, could the blockchain, or blockchain lite, become the underlying infrastructure behind better banking?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

First Digital Corporate Bond Uses Blockchain Technology

Capital Markets | Debt Overstock.com, a Utah-based online retailer, issued the first digital corporate bond using blockchain technology—the same technology that supports cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.

Award Winners

Focus On Broad Relationship, Right Price

In a conversation with Global Finance, Mark Kerns, head of investor services at Standard Bank, describes how booming interest in Africa, led by South Africa and Nigeria, is reshaping the continent’s capital markets.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Forging New Economies

GCC Regional Report 2015 | Special Economic Zones Special economic zones are allowing GCC countries to diversify their economies away from oil and provide jobs to their citizenry.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Fostering Fintech Innovation

SIBOS Supersection 2015 | Fintech – Innovation Centers In today’s virtual world, fintech development can take place anywhere. With funding for start-ups split 50:50 between traditional financial centers and elsewhere, the race is on to attract the hottest young firms.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

GCC Regional Report 2015

Introduction Regional wealth funds, free-trade zones and the Saudi Stock Exchange are expected to boost GCC economic growth and spur development—even if oil doesn’t cooperate.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

GCC Sees Its Future In Trade

GCC Regional Report 2015 | Trade GCC With oil prices not expected to top $100 a barrel anytime soon, breaking down trade barriers is the one sure way to boost the GCC’s economic prospects.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Global Salon: Global Trade Can Break Cycle Of Slow Growth

Global Finance talked with Peter Blair Henry, dean of New York University’s Stern School of Business, about the urgency of bold reform and global trade to help developing nations.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Iceland Dismantles Last Of Restrictions Set From Economic Crisis

Milestones | Iceland Nearly seven years after introducing controls on capital movements, Iceland is planning to ease restrictions it put in place when the collapse of its banking system brought the country to the brink of financial meltdown.

Banking

Indian Banks Get Sharper Teeth

Capital Markets | Debt/Equity India’s banks—both private and state-run—have been given a powerful tool to deal with bad loans.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

IT Integration Staggering To The Finishing Line

SIBOS Supersection 2015 | M&A IT Integration Merging with other companies has its financial benefits, but when it comes to IT, not joining all the dots to integrate disparate systems can have serious consequences.