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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BRIAN LOUGHMAN, FRAUD BUSTER

Global Finance sat down with Brian Loughman, Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services (FIDS) Leader, EY Americas (formerly Ernst & Young), to discuss how greater regulation and increased efforts by countries to fight fraud are leading to greater demand for services by corporations around the world.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

CAN GHANA AFFORD IMF CONDITIONS FOR LOAN?

GHANA The world’s second-largest producer of cocoa, is expected to ask the International Monetary Fund for help.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CHINA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE ENSNARES M&A DEALS

CAPITAL MARKETS FOCUS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Companies around the world are stepping up their due diligence on mergers and acquisitions involving Chinese counterparties, after several major deals have been called into question as a result of Peking’s widening corruption probe.

Banking

COULD PANAMA BE A GLOBAL MONETARY POLICY MODEL?

TRENDS | SNAPSHOT: PANAMA

Banking

ECUADOR TO LAUNCH ITS OWN “BITCOIN,” BANS RIVALS

TRENDS | DIGITAL CURRENCIES Ecuador is gearing up for the launch of a new digital currency that will go into use as early as October alongside the US dollar, the country’s official tender.

Banking

GETTING MORE MILEAGE FROM SEPA PAYMENTS

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT | PAYMENTS: POST-SEPA The SEPA migration deadline may have passed, but most companies have yet to gain the full benefits offered by the Single Euro Payments Area initiative. Now would be a good time for treasurers to ask how they can get more out of their SEPA investments.

Banking

GLOBAL CASH 25: TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT | GLOBAL FINANCE CASH 25 The Global Finance Cash 25 ranks public companies by cash, cash equivalents and short-term securities on their balance sheets. Data is gathered from more than 70,000 public companies worldwide. It is a ranking of nonfinancial corporations—we exclude financial institutions from the list.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

INSURERS OFFER LONGEVITY HEDGES TO DE-RISK PLANS

MANAGEMENT | PENSIONS As people live longer, many companies are discovering that they have to pay pension benefits to retirees for longer than they had expected. Insurance companies are stepping in with new products that can help take this “longevity risk” out of corporate defined-benefit pension plans.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

LONDON’S COLORFUL MAYOR MULLS TORY LEADERSHIP

UNITED KINGDOM With a seminal speech at the beginning of August, London’s larger-than-life mayor, Boris Johnson, positioned himself as a candidate for the future leadership of the Conservative Party.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A’S BIG YEAR IS LITTERED WITH BROKEN DEALS

CAPITAL MARKETS FOCUS |MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Mergers and acquisitions in 2014 are being announced at the fastest pace since the financial crisis of 2008–2009, but broken deals are also setting records for the same period.

Country Report

MENDING EGYPT’S DAMAGED ECONOMY

COUNTRY REPORT | EGYPT Pressure is building on Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to deliver economic gains. Falling investment and a sharp drop in tourist arrivals have weakened growth over the past three years. But a rapid return to pre-2011 expansion levels appears unlikely.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MOROCCO: STABLE, AND WELL-SITUATED

FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT | MOROCCO Morocco boasts solid outward FDI, geopolitical stability and proximity to key markets, but corruption is commonplace.