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Economics, Policy & Regulation

India | Is The Bloom Off The Rose For Narendra Modi?

India | Indian prime minister Narendra Modi celebrated his one-year anniversary in office in May, but the jury is still out on whether he’ll justify the hope that has been invested his new government.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Is Moroccan FDI Economic Snake Oil?

Morocco | In recent years, Morocco has successfully attracted a growing flow of foreign capital, becoming the top foreign direct investment recipient in the Maghreb region (Northwest Africa), and one of the largest in the African continent.

Award Winners

Islamic Finance 2015 | Competing With Traditional Banks

Q&A with Mike Maguid Abdelaaty, president, American Finance House Lariba, Whittier, California

Award Winners

Islamic Finance 2015 | Growth Strategies In Lebanon

Q&A with Moataz Natafji, general manager, BLOM Development Bank, the Islamic subsidiary of BLOM Bank, Beirut, Lebanon

Award Winners

Islamic Finance 2015 | Major Markets, Real Reform

Best Islamic Financial Institutions | Introduction Islamic finance is breaking out, as long-awaited regulatory reform takes hold in key nations, boosting transparency and driving new business.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Israel’s Teva Bids $40 Billion For US Generic-Drug Rival

Capital Markets | M&A Pharmaceuticals In what could become Israel’s biggest cross-border M&A deal ever, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries made an unsolicited $40 billion offer to acquire Mylan, a Pennsylvania-based drugmaker registered in the Netherlands with operational headquarters in the UK.

Features

Myanmar | Blank Slate For Foreign Investors

Frontier Markets Report | Myanmar is wide open in terms of investment prospects, and its opportunities are luring investors—despite the risks.

Country Report

New Opportunities For Spanish Political Parties

Country Report | Spain The era of absolute majorities in Spanish politics is over.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Nicola Sturgeon, A Scottish Thorn In David Cameron’s Side

United Kingdom | Many questions are still being asked about David Cameron’s dramatic win on May 7. How did opinion polls, which predicted a tight race between Conservatives and Labour and even a Labour win, get it so wrong?

Banking

Offshore Blues For Private Banking

Special Report | Private Banking Offshore banking, the booking and management of assets outside an individual’s country of domicile, has taken a beating since the financial crisis.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Pension Fund Managers Assailed On Many Fronts

Special Report | Pensions & Benefits Management Combating economic trends, regulators and even demographics, funds are forced to think outside the box.

Banking

Private Banking | Business Is Booming, Challenges Lurk

Special Report | Private Banking The pace of global economic growth may have slowed since the financial crisis, but the creation and concentration of private financial wealth has revved up.