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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BANGLADESH: SHADES OF GREY

Country Report | Bangladesh Bangladeshi economic growth has been strong and relatively stable. But the country has a number of business climate challenges that must be addressed before it can reach its full potential as an investment magnet.

Award Winners

BEST TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS 2015

Global Finance presents the winners of its 13th Annual Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers awards.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BRAZIL: SMOOTH SAILING FOR PETROBRAS CEO?

Newsmakers | Brazil Aldemir Bendine became one of Brazil’s poster boys for success while at the helm of Banco do Brasil, but his new role as chief executive of the country’s oil giant, Petrobras, is causing him headaches.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CHINA: NEW LAW COULD UPSET COMPANY OWNERSHIP

Milestones | China New legislation will lower the regulatory hurdles for foreign companies entering the Chinese market, but it is restricted to particular industries.

Banking

DEBT: LEARNING TO LIVE WITH NEGATIVE INTEREST RATES

Capital Markets | Fixed-Income Strategy Investors lined up recently to pay for the privilege of lending money to Finland.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DEFLATION: THE POTENTIAL IMPACT FOR GLOBAL ECONOMIES & CORPORATES

Cover Story The decline in eurozone prices is the most dramatic example of deflationary pressures afflicting the globe. All eyes are now on European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi and his efforts to reverse that trend.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DELOITTE: BIG 4 ACCOUNTING FIRM APPOINTS 1ST US FEMALE CEO

Newsmakers | United States A new crack appeared in the corporate glass ceiling in February, when Cathy Engelbert was appointed CEO of Deloitte US, becoming the first woman to lead one of the Big Four audit and consulting firms in the United States.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EDITOR’S LETTER: GOOD AND BAD DEFLATION

Dear Reader Deflation is one of the worst fears of central bankers and economists worldwide, but the risk it engenders isn’t always clearly defined.

Banking

EGYPT: AN INTERVIEW WITH CIB’S CHAIRMAN

Global Finance sat down with Egyptian bank CIB’s chairman and MD, Hisham Ezz Al-Arab, to discuss its strategy during the Arab Spring and how it plans to attract a younger clientele.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FDI: OWNERSHIP RESTRICTIONS PUT THE BRAKES ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Management | Foreign Direct Investment FDI volumes are declining globally, as some national governments take a stronger stance against foreign ownership of their companies and land.

Banking

FINTECH: BANKS NEED TO PLAY CATCH-UP

Special Report | Banking Systems & Technology Keeping up with corporates’ increasingly sophisticated demands for more streamlined and well-integrated solutions is proving challenging.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FIVE MINUTES WITHAXEL MERK, MERK INVESTMENTS

Capital Markets | Q&A Axel Merk is president and chief investment officer of Merk Investments, manager of the Merk Funds.