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WORLDS BEST TRADE AND SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE PROVIDERS 2015
Presenting the World’s Best Trade & Supply Chain Finance Awards for 2015.
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Features
Cryptocurrency Explained And Why Its Here To Stay
Book Review
Without the need for being either a skilled mathematician or uber-geek. The Age of Cryptocurrency includes everything you could possibly want to know about cryptocurrencies.
Features
Sukuk: Sinking Oil Floats Islamic Bond Issues
Sukuk Outlook 2015
Hit by the double curse of falling oil prices and rising interest rates, global issuance of sukuk— shariah-compliant Islamic bonds—slowed sharply in the final quarter of 2014.
Features
Indian Insurance Reforms To Open Market
India’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party government, led by prime minister Narendra Modi, seems set to give a new lease on life to insurance sector reforms.
Award Winners
EMERGING MARKETS DEMAND: ANTTI RANTA, NORDEA
Antti Ranta, head of FX at Nordea in Helsinki, sees demand growing for emerging markets currencies in Nordic countries—and for advice on how to trade them.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
BRAZILIAN ECONOMY: CAN LEVY HELP IT TURN A CORNER?
<strong>Brazil | Newsmakers</strong><br />
Joaquim Levy, Brazil’s newly appointed minister of Finance, will need to muster all his skills to navigate the rough waters of Brazilian domestic politics and restore the public budget surplus that made the country a darling of Wall Street investors.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFO INTERVIEW: MURAT ERDEN, TURKCELL
<strong>Global Finance </strong>sat down with Murat Doan Erden, Turkcell Group’s chief financial officer, to discuss the economic and business outlook for Turkey and the challenges confronting Turkish corporates.
Banking
CHINA INSURES BANK DEPOSITS
China | Milestones<br />
The Chinese government has followed the US and Western European model by providing deposit insurance for private savers in the Chinese banking system.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
EDITOR’S LETTER: OIL PRICE DECLINE AND ITS SPILLOVER EFFECTS
When we chose oil as the subject of this month’s cover story, we had no idea how fast and dramatic the drop in oil prices would be...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FDI NORTH AMERICA: CHASING THE DIXIE DOLLAR
<strong>North America | FDI & Economic Development Update</strong><br />
Knowing their target markets helps northern US states and Canadian provinces compete with the southern US for foreign direct investment.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT: GEORGIA
The global financial crisis and several factors peculiar to Georgia have affected foreign direct investment inflows, but investors willing to deal with tensions and risks will find opportunities.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FUTURE OF OIL: BUMP IN THE ROAD FOR US SHALE OIL?
A big question mark is pending on how long the US shale production will remain profitable with declining oil prices.