Banking
South Africa: Standard Bank’s Deputy CEO Bolts To Rival Absa
South Africa’s banking industry found itself in an uproar the night of March 16, when the heir apparent of its...
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Turkey: Political Crisis Puts Investors On Edge
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unpredictability is one of the few things both his supporters and critics agree on. Over two decades...
Technology
Electric Vehicles: Innovation, Cost Fueling BYD’s Global Momentum
Is momentum shifting in the global electric vehicle (EV) market? Chinese EV maker BYD has surged ahead of Tesla, reporting...
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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.
Technology
India: Musk’s Starlink Links Up
Two of India’s biggest telecom providers, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, separately inked deals with Elon Musk’s Starlink last month...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Tariffs: CFOs Shift Costs To Customers
Ongoing trade tensions resulting from the Trump Administration’s stance on global tariffs continue to rattle companies and markets. Recent developments...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
OECD: A World Awash In Debt
Governments and companies worldwide borrowed $25 trillion last year, up $10 trillion over pre-Covid levels and nearly three times the...
Technology
El Salvador Now Offering Digital Assets
El Salvador’s Stock Exchange (BVES) is the first in Latin America to offer digital assets. Digital Exchange, BVES’ digital arm,...
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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 ...
Technology
Heineken Launches GenAI Lab
Heineken, one of the largest brewers in the world, announced the launch of its first global GenAI lab in Singapore...
Banking
BBVA Takeover Of Banco Sabadell Advances
The standoff surrounding Spanish bank BBVA’s hostile takeover of Banco Sabadell remains in limbo. BBVA, however, is not relenting, describing...
Editor's Letter
Uncertainty And New Trends
VOL. 39 NO. 4 Global uncertainty—economic and geopolitical—remains high. We go to press shortly after the announcement of a 25%...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Trump’s Threats Lift Liberals’ Election Chances
On April 28, Canadians will find out who will form their next government: Mark Carney, the Liberal Party candidate who...
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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
EU Defense Fund Could Transform Europe’s Defense Industry
The European Commission (EC) last month produced a working roadmap for financing the EU’s historic plan to bolster its defense...