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Economics, Policy & Regulation

China: Will the Tough Get Going?

EXCLUSIVE As China’stop political leaders gathered this week in Beijing for their annual conclave amid expectations for a new reform push, a joint study by two U.S. think tanks said that the world’s second-largest economy is undergoing a massive overhaul of its obsolete growth model.

Banking

From The Winners @ SIBOS 2014

Inside Sibos | Video Global Finance honored the winners of its 2014 Transaction Processing Awards at a ceremony on Oct. 1, 2014 at the Harvard Club in Boston, MA during SIBOS 2014. Our editors interviewed representatives from winning organizations at the event and on the conference floor.

Features

Economic Master Plan Likely to Continue w/New President

Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has just announced seven new infrastructure projects, worth $1.1 billion, as part of master plan to accelerate and expand Indonesia's economic development.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Sri Lanka Lures Foreign Direct Investments

In what is considered a first step for even bigger foreign direct investment to Sri Lanka, TPG Capital announced in August it would invest $113 million to buy a majority stake in Union Bank, a small distressed financial institution based in Colombo.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

IMF | WORLD BANK – 2014 ANNUAL MEETINGS

Global Finance—official media partner of the IMF/World Bank 2014 annual meetings seminars—provides daily coverage and live streaming of events as around 13,000 people gather to appraise the health of the world’s economy.

Features

China’s Legal Reform Is Front and Center

Some discrepancy exists between the rules that are written and those that are enforced. This is true for most places in the world, and China is no exception.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

A Small Step to Unlock Credit for the Club Med

This month the European Central Bank will start to buy euro-denominated asset-backed securities (ABS) and covered bonds in an effort to revive a market that has been sharply impaired since the financial crisis.

Supplement

Africa Supplement 2014

Though Africa has experienced impressive growth for well over a decade now, domestic markets and intraregional economic relations have remained constrained, with national economies driven primarily by mounting foreign demand for the continent’s natural resources and commodity exports. Today, however, things appear to be changing.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

CENTRAL BANKS: WHERE DO THEY GO FROM HERE

The central banker’s job today is certainly difficult. But it had better not be impossible.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

IMF/WORLD BANK ISSUE—INTRODUCTION

Global Finance presents its annual International Monetary Fund/World Bank issue, in conjunction with the organizations’ annual meetings, taking place in Washington, D.C., in early October.

Editor's Letter

THE IMF OLYMPICS

Dear Reader The annual meetings in Washington, D.C., of the IMF and the World Bank afford a unique mix of events where economic forecasts are made, meetings held, official statements delivered, and award ceremonies (including Global Finance's Best Banks) conducted.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

AFRICA’S CONSUMER BOOM

AFRICA 2014 | INTRA-AFRICA TRADE The rise of the African consumer market is providing an opportunity for domestic companies to increase their footprint across the region.