Editor's Letter
Taking The Long View
In the past few weeks, world financial markets have been pervaded by a bleak vision of global growth potential.
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Award Winners
The Best And Brightest In Trade Finance
Global Finance held its Best Trade Finance Providers Awards Ceremony in Paris in January during the BAFT Global Annual Meeting. Top bank executives from around the world gathered to accept awards, joined by leading corporate and finance professionals who came to honor their colleagues.
Features
Warm FDI Welcome In Ghana
With oil revenues plunging, Ghana seeks to boost the inflow of foreign direct investment.
Award Winners
Winners Profile – Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers 2016
Return To Coverage Global Winners Best Overall Bank for Cash Management Citi | Citi’s commitment to the Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) business is supported at the highest level, with CEO Michael Corbat recently calling it “the backbone of our ...
News
Zika A Public Health, Not An Economic, Crisis
Economists don’t anticipate a major economic impact from the mosquito-born Zika virus—so far, at least—although it’s certainly a kick in the shins for struggling Brazil and an overhang for tourism in Latin America.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
‘SIFI’ Label For Nonfinancial Firms In Jeopardy
<strong>Trends | Financial Regulation</strong><br />
American insurance giant MetLife has doubled down on its efforts to skirt the heavier regulatory burden that comes with being labeled a Systemically Important Financial Institution.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
High-Yield Bonds Crumbiling Not Crashing
The junk market is hurting. Experts predict the pain will continue, with defaults peaking a couple of years from now.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Money Laundering: How Banks & Governments Can Defend Themselves
A Conversation with Dan Wachtler, President and CEO of IPSA International on the challenges of Anti-Money Laundering for Banks & Corporates and the growing role of foreign governments.
Banking
Global Finance Names The Best Derivatives Providers 2016
NEW YORK, February 15, 2016 – Global Finance magazine has named its 17th annual World’s Best Investment Banks and Derivatives Providers in an exclusive survey to be published in the April 2016 issue.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Aramco IPO May Be For Saudi Nationals Only
<strong>Capital Markets | Equity Offering</strong><br />
A potential partial privatization of Saudi Arabia’s state oil company, Saudi Aramco, would require the company to remove its veil of secrecy.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ASEAN Midwifes A Regional Trade Powerhouse
A new era kicked off on December 31, 2015, for the 10 countries that are part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations: The alliance launched the Asean Economic Community (AEC), a trade bloc aimed at creating a unified, cross-border market where labor, services and capital can flow without restrictions.
Country Report
Beijing’s Balancing Act: Growth vs. Reform
The question this year for investors in China is whether the government will continue moving toward a free-market economy—or keep grabbing the wheel.