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NORTH AMERICA FACES CHALLENGES TO TRADE GROWTH

Market Analysis | Trade Finance The outlook for trade finance in North America appears modestly positive. “Growth will be more in line with global GDP,” says Chris Lewis, executive vice president and group head, international trade services, Wells Fargo.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

OIL PRICE SLUMP PROMPTS NORWAY TO ACTION

Milestones | Norway With prices less than half the level of a year ago, Norway has been hit hard by the slump in crude revenues.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

PARTIAL COMEBACK SEEN IN CORPORATE CAPITAL INVESTMENT

Management | Corporate Cash The partial revival seen recently in capital investment by companies reflects the mixed performance of the global economy and the outlook for it.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

PHILIPPINES IS BIG WINNER FROM FALLING OIL PRICES

Capital Markets | Sovereign Debt The Philippines sold $2 billion of 25-year bonds in January, in a highly successful sale that attracted $13.5 billion in orders.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

REFINING THE MIX IN SAUDI ARABIA

Country Report | Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s budget deficit is ballooning, but a ministerial reshuffle has fueled hopes the kingdom is resolute in kicking its hydrocarbon addiction.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

RUSSIAN CORPORATE BONDS CAST SHADOW ON EMERGING MARKETS DEBT

Capital Markets | Corporate Debt As Russian companies strive to cope with higher borrowing costs and a shortage of dollars and euros to repay foreign debt, emerging markets bonds are coming under increasing scrutiny by investors.

Banking

SANTANDERS MASSIVE CAPITAL INCREASE: MORE EUROPEAN BANKS TO FOLLOW

Trends | Bank Capitalization As Spaniards returned from the Los Reyes Magos (Epiphany) holiday, Spain’s Santander, Europe’s biggest bank, sold the equivalent of nearly 10% of its capital in one day, raising €7.5 billion ($8.7 billion) in cash and bringing required ratios in line with those of the banking industry.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SEPA: A SPRINGBOARD TO REAL-TIME PAYMENTS

Special Report | SEPA With SEPA migration projects mostly completed, it is time for treasurers to start thinking about the next steps in regulatory compliance and process automation.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

SURPRISE PRESIDENTIAL WIN FOR GRABAR-KITAROVI

Newsmakers | Croatia Despite the ceremonial nature of the Croatian presidency, Grabar-Kitarovi has denounced the government for “cold-hearted” economic policies and says Croatia’s economy is a national disgrace.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TAKEOVER TARGET TURNS TABLES IN WALGREEN ACQUISITION

Capital Markets | Pharmaceuticals M&A Walgreen CEO Greg Wasson grabbed a tiger by the tail with his plan for the biggest US drugstore chain to acquire Alliance Boots, a European multinational drug dispensary.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TUG OF WAR

Global Finance sat down with Arvind Rajan, International Chief Investment Officer at Prudential Fixed Income, to discuss the impact of low oil prices on the ability of emerging markets to service their debt.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

US-CUBA RELATIONS THAW, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN

Milestones | United States & Cuba After 54 years of economic and diplomatic isolation, relations between Cuba and the United States appeared to thaw in mid-January, when the U.S. implemented a host of regulatory changes to its sanctions regime against the Communist country.