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Banking

ISTANBUL FINANCIAL CENTER: UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Country Report | Turkey - Islamic Finance Officials in Turkey have long declared their intentions to transform Istanbul into an international financial center. Islamic finance could be the key to making that goal a reality.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A | IS BIG PHARMAS BIOTECH BINGE ILL-ADVISED?

Capital Markets | Merger & Acquisitions: Biotech The slew of M&A deals in the pharmaceutical industry could leave some firms with a bad hangover. Fitch Ratings warns that the race to find the next blockbuster drug could hurt overall credit rankings for the sector.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MALTA: FCM BANK IS KEEPING IT SIMPLE – VINCENT MA

Launched just three years ago, FCM Bank is the only bank in Malta to specialize solely in savings and fixed-term offerings. During a talk with Global Finance, chief operating officer Vincent Ma explained why FCM Bank has zeroed in on those two products.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

NICARAGUA’S GRAND CANAL AMBITIONS FAIL TO WOO VOTERS

Newsmakers | Nicaragua When Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega announced last December a plan to construct a controversial transoceanic waterway that would provide an alternative to the Panama Canal, he vowed the project would create jobs and bring prosperity to the hemisphere’s second-poorest nation.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

PRIVATE EQUITY FLYERS: DUBAI FAST-TRACKS PE FUNDS

Capital Markets | Private Equity TVM Capital Healthcare Partners in late March became the first company to register a private equity fund under simplified rules implemented by the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC).

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SEC REFORMS PREVENT CORPORATE TREASURIES FROM MOVING CASH QUICKLY

Trends | Money Market Reform Seven years have passed since investor panic during the financial crisis set off a run on money market funds. Since that time, the Securities and Exchange has adopted reforms aimed at reducing MMFs’ credit and interest rate risks and boosting their transparency.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SINGAPORE | LIFE AFTER LEE

Milestones | Singapore During the state funeral cortege of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding prime minister, Singaporeans were urged to salute rather than take photos using their smartphones, a vivid reminder of the government’s preoccupation with political correctness.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

STRUCTURAL REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA: FDI MAGNET

FDI Update | FDI Magnet Countries that dismantled protec-tionist policies are still attracting FDI, despite the commodities bust. Others aren’t doing so well.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA OUTPACES BIGGER COMPETITORS

Regional Report | Africa Africa’s story is no longer that of a continent with great potential. Increasingly, the leaders and peoples of the continent, in collaboration with outsiders, are translating that potential into concrete achievements.

News

SUPPLY CHAIN | STAYING NIMBLE

Special Report | Supply Chain Risk Management The treasury team is now critical to making supply chains more flexible while mitigating risks.
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