Sustainable Finance
Dilemmas And Opportunities In African Climate Finance
Lenders remain cautious about backing risky climate projects. But blended finance deals are helping to open up opportunities in areas...
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Mauritius At A Crossroads
The winning party in November’s election will need to navigate growing social turmoil as the island nation seeks to become...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Africa’s Tax Deficit
African governments are not collecting enough taxes to fuel their development plans. Ideas for making up the difference abound; implementing...
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High Employee Engagement and Shareholding Rate — What Is E.SUN’s Secret?
E.SUN FHC is unique in the banking industry. With no affiliation with family nor government agency, E.SUN is a banker’s bank - a bank that is owned by employees, and managed for customers. All employees can sing the corporate anthem by heart, and almost every employee owns shares of the company. These practices might seem unconventional, but they represent the spirits of a sustainable succession system that makes E.SUN built to last.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Africa’s Chinese Trade Tie-Up
China continues to dominate trade with the continent. But overlending—and US initiatives to extend its security and investment footprint—are challenging...
Technology
Intel In Crosshairs Of Apollo, Qualcomm
Apollo Global Management has expressed interest in buying Intel; industry heavyweight Qualcomm was earlier reported to be considering a takeover...
Technology
OpenAI Faces Competition From France, Japan
OpenAI continues to attract tons of venture capital, its accumulated take reportedly hovering at $6.5 billion most recently. And a...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
India Bails Out The Maldives
India last month extended the fiscally precarious Maldives a $50 million interest-free loan, helping stave off a potential default on...
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Risk Measurement and Mitigation: Need for a New Beginning
Credit risk is defined as the probability that a bank borrower or counterparty will fail to meet their obligations in accordance with agreed terms. The goal of credit risk management is to maximize a bank's risk-adjusted rate of return by ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Sports Betting: FanDuel Parent Wields M&A To Expand
Flutter, the Dublin-based parent of FanDuel, bought Italian gambling service Snaitech last month for $2.6 billion, hard on the heels...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFO Corner With Iveco Group’s Anna Tanganelli
Since December 2023, Anna Tanganelli has served as Chief Financial Officer of Iveco, the commercial vehicles business that was spun...
Editor's Letter
A Cascade Effect On Interest rates
VOL. 38 NO. 9 At Global Finance, generating the report cards for central bank governors has always been a complex...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Norway: Electric Car Ownership Outnumbers Gas Cars
In a global first, the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) said last month that electric vehicles (EVs) now outnumber gas-powered models...
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Managing Liquidity in a Crisis
‘Stay at home. Stay safe’.
These are perhaps the words that will characterise 2020, a year dominated by the global Covid-19 pandemic. Businesses are dealing with major disruption to their supply chains, and domestic and cross-border trade remains severely impacted by extraordinary skews in demands and government-imposed ‘stay home’ regulations in countries around the world.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
New US Tariffs Begin On Chinese Goods
In September, the US adopted a 100% tariff on all electric vehicles (EVs) imported from China, along with a 50%...