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SIBOS 2013 – Emerging Markets Cash Management And Payments Take Center Stage
Of course, the main focus will be on serving the financial needs of corporations. Nadya Talhouni, senior vice president, head...
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SIBOS 2013 Emerging Markets Payments To Grow Dramatically, Corporates Want On-Time and Cheap Payment Delivery
First and foremost, the report expresses doubts that deadline for the migration to Sepa in the eurozone will be met...
Awards
Awards: Best Internet Banks—Round 1
ANNUAL SURVEY — THE PIONEERS By Adam Rombel In the first of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the top online corporate and consumer banks by country and regionally by product or service category. Global Finance is ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Brazil: Dream Sours For Eike Batista
NEWSMAKERS By Grace Yuan A year ago, Eike Batista was one of the richest men in the world. Edging in at number seven on Forbes’ World Billionaires list and renowned for his flamboyant lifestyle, Batista was at the ...
Banking
Brazil: IMF Rep Opposes Greek Bailout
MILESTONES By Luca Ventura “Implementation has been unsatisfactory in almost all areas; growth and debt sustainability assumptions continue to be over-optimistic.” It is with these incendiary comments about Greece that Paulo Nogueira Batista, the representative of Brazil and ...
News
Brazil: Odebrecht Grows Infrastructure
EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Antonio Guerrero Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance, a division of one of Brazils largest privately-held industrial and...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cambodia: Opposition’s Social Media Win
MILESTONES By Thomas Clouse Cambodia’s prime minster Hun Sen and his Cambodian Peoples’ Party will remain in power, following a closely contested and controversial election on July 28. According to preliminary results, the CPP won 68 of 123 ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CEE: Charting Diverse Economies
REGIONAL REPORT: CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE — A MIXED BAG By Justin Keay Central and Eastern European countries are quite diverse in their performance of late. However, investors continue to lump them together when it comes to investments. ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
China: Policymakers Push Reforms
EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Thomas Clouse China’s economy decelerated in the second quarter, with GDP growth dropping to 7.5% year-on-year, compared with 7.7% in the first quarter. The government responded with some stimulus measures, including a tax reduction ...
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Corporate Debt: Bonds Recover As Fed Backs Off
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt The Federal Reserve is expected to begin cutting back on its purchases of bonds...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Country Report: Mongolia
Mongolia, which has been growing at double-digit rates since the short recession that followed the global financial crisis, is struggling to find the right path in making use of abundant resources to improve the lives of its citizens, while providing a stable and fair business environment for investors.
Banking
Cover: The Global War On Tax Havens
AT HAVENS END? Multinational corporations could have a much more difficult time shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictionsand deductions to high-tax...