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Newsmakers: Can Letta Save Italy From Austerity?

NEWSMAKERS: ITALY By Gilly Wright “Italy is dying from austerity alone. Growth policies cannot wait,” announced Italy’s new premier, Enrico Letta, in his first keynote speech. Can Letta pass reforms with weak coalition partners? Saying that priorities would ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Newsmakers: Finance Minister Has His Work Cut Out For Him

NEWSMAKERS: VENEZUELA By Paula L. Green Everyone from consumers weary of battling rising inflation to importers wrestling with a devalued currency and foreign and domestic investors whose companies were nationalized will have a stake in the actions Nelson José Merentes ...

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Newsmakers: Icelands New PM To Focus On Household Debt

NEWSMAKERS: ICELAND By Valentina Pasquali Back to the future is the theme in Iceland after voters rejected the austerity policies of the left-of-center government in power for the past four years and reinstalled the same center-right coalition that presided over ...

Banking

Newsmakers: New Bank Of Canada Governor Has Big Shoes To Fill

NEWSMAKERS: CANADA By Joel Kranc Few people were completely surprised when Mark Carney, the head of the Bank of Canada, broke the news earlier this year that he was leaving his post to head up the Bank of England. ...

Banking

Newsmakers: Unknown Quantity Takes The Reins At Santander

NEWSMAKERS: SPAIN ByLuca Ventura Appointed as chief executive of Santander in 2002, Alfredo Senz took less than a decade to...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Risk Management: Supply Chain Risk

BUILDING IN RESILIENCE By Karen Kroll Creating a flexible, robust supply chain is key to reducing the likelihood and potential impact of disruptions. Effectively managing supply chain risk, while always important, is becoming increasingly critical. Companies are ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Salon: Yves Zlotowski, Coface

ROLE REVERSAL By Ronald Fink Global Finance sat down with Yves Zlotowski, chief economist of the economic research department of trade risk consultancy Coface, to get his take on the investment opportu-nities and challenges of emerging markets. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Sector Report: Agribusiness

NURTURING GLOBAL BREADBASKETS By Justin Keay It is time to address developmental roadblocks globally if the world’s food supplies are to meet demand over the next 40 years. There is probably no industry where the basic laws ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Tackling Renminbi Trade

SWEEPING CHANGE By Arthur Clennam Recent easing of regulatory restrictions will increase offshore circulation of the renminbi and connect China with the rest of the world. Smart treasurers and chief financial officers of multinational companies have sought ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

News & Features Archive

Newsmakers: Can Letta Save Italy From Austerity?

Newsmakers: Finance Minister Has His Work Cut Out For Him

Newsmakers: Icelands New PM To Focus On Household Debt

Newsmakers: New Bank Of Canada Governor Has Big Shoes To Fill

Newsmakers: Unknown Quantity Takes The Reins At Santander

Risk Management: Supply Chain Risk

Salon: Yves Zlotowski, Coface

Sector Report: Agribusiness

Tackling Renminbi Trade

Technology & Treasury Management: Social Media

Technology & Treasury Management: SWIFT

Technology & Treasury Management: The Innovators