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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

COLOMBIA’S ECONOMIC SUNNY SKIES MAY CLOUD OVER

COLOMBIA Juan Manuel Santos’ second term as president of Colombia might prove a bit harder than his first—and not only because he won this election with a lower majority.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DEBT REFINANCING NEEDS TO CHANGE CORP-BANK RELATIONS

FINANCE & CAPITAL | MANAGEMENT: CORPORATE DEBT

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ECB’S NEGATIVE RATES TO ALTER CASH MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

FINANCE & CAPITAL | CAPITAL MARKETS The European Central Bank’s adoption of a negative deposit rate for banks’ excess reserves [meaning they charge interest for bank reserves held at the ECB] could have a widespread impact on money markets and corporate cash-management policies.

Banking

ECONOMIC AFTERSHOCKS

DEAR READER Geopolitical instability seems to be everywhere these days, whether we look to North Africa and the Middle East or Eastern Europe, to Southern Asia or Southeast Asia, and it weighs on financial markets and policymakers worldwide.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FIRST GLOBAL STANDARD SET FOR REVENUE RECOGNITION

FINANCE & CAPITAL | MANAGEMENT: Accounting

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FOREIGN INVESTORS WARY OF THAI MILITARY COUP LEADER

THAILAND When Thailand’s general Prayuth Chan-ocha seized power in a military coup in late May, he didn’t rely on the element of surprise

Banking

FORMER DERIVATIVES SUPERSTAR TAKES THE HELM AT AIG

UNITED STATES After steering American International Group (AIG) during the financial crisis and putting it back on a sounder footing, president and chief executive officer Robert Benmosche is handing the baton over to Peter Hancock.

Banking

GCC 2014: BANKING ON TECHNOLOGY

GCC REGIONAL SUPERSECTION 2014 | BANKING SECTOR Banks in the GCC are leveraging the latest technologies to keep pace with a customer base whose members are increasingly demanding, wealthy and tech-savvy.

Banking

GCC 2014: INNOVATION FROM THE GROUND UP

GCC REGIONAL SUPERSECTION 2014 | INNOVATION Attempts to drive innovation in the Gulf are still at an early stage. But as countries increase R&D spending, the results could have a huge impact on non-oil growth.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

GCC 2014: LOWERING EXPECTATIONS

GCC REGIONAL SUPERSECTION 2014 | INTRODUCTION The six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council have some of the world’s highest living standards and a combined GDP of more than $1.6 trillion. They play an important role in maintaining global economic stability, and their continuing prosperity depends critically on oil prices and the ability to generate surpluses to pay for infrastructure development and job creation.

News

GCC UNITY BEGINS TO FRAY

GCC REGIONAL SUPERSECTION 2014 | UNITY Despite more than 30 years of political and economic unity, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries remain divided when it comes to foreign policy and approaches to national and regional security.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

INDIA TO LIBERALIZE ISSUANCE RULES FOR DRS

FINANCE & CAPITAL | CAPITAL MARKETS: DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS