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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TAKING THE STIGMA OUT OF TREASURY OUTSOURCING

Special Report | Treasury Outsourcing<br /> The concept of treasury outsourcing has been around since the 1980s, but until fairly recently, it enjoyed limited adoption, owing to concerns about operational control. But cost pressures are forcing treasurers to look at the concept again.
Global Finance held its Transaction Processing Awards ceremony in Boston in October—during SWIFT’s Annual Sibos conference. Leading corporate and financial executives from around the world were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients.

Award Ceremonies and Events

TRANSACTION PROCESSING AWARDS CEREMONY 2014

Global Finance held its Transaction Processing Awards ceremony in Boston in October—during SWIFT’s Annual Sibos conference. Leading corporate and financial executives from around the world were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients.

Awards

WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS 2014

Standard Bearers<br /> New entrants raise the benchmark for Global Finance’s annual ranking of the Top 50 Safest Global Banks.
Global Finance awarded the top banks in its annual Safest Banks ranking at its Best Banks Awards Ceremony

Award Ceremonies and Events

WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS 2014 AWARDS CEREMONY

Global Finance awarded the top banks in its annual Safest Banks ranking at its Best Banks Awards Ceremony, held in conjunction with the IMF/World Bank meetings in Washington in mid-October.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

YOUNG CONSERVATIVE TAKES HELM IN BELGIUM

Newsmakers | Belgium<br /> After almost five months of parliamentary squabbling since the elections of May 25th, Belgium finally inaugurated a new government in mid-October.

Banking

SAUDI BANK IPO LEADS SURGE OF NEW SHARE ISSUES

Capital Markets | Middle East Equity<br /> The Middle East is experiencing a boom in initial public offerings, following years of relative inactivity since the global financial crisis. The area’s IPO markets began to recover in the fourth quarter of last year, and new share issues are now coming at a fever pitch, despite falling oil prices that could threaten regional economies.

News

EMERGING MARKETS INFRASTRUCTURE RECEIVES BOOST

MILESTONES | GLOBAL<br /> World Bank Group president Jim Yong Kim announced the launch of a Global Infrastructure Facility during the World Bank–IMF fall meeting in Washington, DC, in October.

Data

Corporate Tax Rates by Country

Taxes paid by corporations can be measured in a number of ways, including the marginal corporate tax rate and the total taxes paid as a percentage of profits.

Features

Largest Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) 2015

A Sovereign Wealth Fund is a state-owned investment fund comprising financial assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate or other instruments and funded by foreign exchange assets.
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