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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TAKEOVER TARGET TURNS TABLES IN WALGREEN ACQUISITION

Capital Markets | Pharmaceuticals M&A Walgreen CEO Greg Wasson grabbed a tiger by the tail with his plan for the biggest US drugstore chain to acquire Alliance Boots, a European multinational drug dispensary.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TUG OF WAR

Global Finance sat down with Arvind Rajan, International Chief Investment Officer at Prudential Fixed Income, to discuss the impact of low oil prices on the ability of emerging markets to service their debt.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

US-CUBA RELATIONS THAW, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN

Milestones | United States & Cuba After 54 years of economic and diplomatic isolation, relations between Cuba and the United States appeared to thaw in mid-January, when the U.S. implemented a host of regulatory changes to its sanctions regime against the Communist country.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

VOLATILITY RETURNS TO FX MARKET WITH A VENGEANCE ON SWISS MOVE

Trends | Foreign Exchange Foreign exchange traders complained that lack of volatility in the market last year was drying up their business. These same traders are now feeling whiplash from the Swiss National Bank’s surprise move on January 15 to de-peg the “Swissie” from the euro.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

WALL STREET BANKER WITHDRAWS FROM TREASURY RACE

Newsmakers | United States Weiss is widely regarded as capable, and is a liberal himself. But he came under fire because of his affiliation with Wall Street, as many in the American left have been calling for an end to the “revolving door,”

Award Winners

WORLDS BEST INSURERS 2015

The 2015 World’s Best Global Insurers were selected on the basis of responses from more than 1,500 readers of Global Finance from around the world, as well as the expertise of the magazine’s editors and reporters.

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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.

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.

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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.