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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Breaking China’s Grip On Rare-Earth Elements

Can the rest of the world challenge Beijing’s dominance of high-performance magnets, used in everything from consumer electronics to weapon systems, by developing new mining, processing, and synthetic projects?

Executive Interviews

After Maduro: Why Regime Change Doesn’t Mean Stability For Venezuela—Or Investors

Economist Abigail Hall explains what Maduro’s removal means for Venezuela, global markets, and the risks of US-led regime change.

Executive Interviews

Standard Bank’s Arno Daehnke On Corporate Risk And Liquidity Strategies

The chief finance and value management officer at the Johannesburg, South Africa-based bank explains how companies are strengthening liquidity, diversifying funding, and adopting digital tools to manage rising debt pressures and global volatility.

In conversation with Sabine Zucker, Head of Group Transaction Banking at Raiffeisen Bank International

As businesses look to capitalise on growth opportunities within Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), they seek banking products, solutions and tools that help them deliver on their evolving transactional and operational needs and navigate the risks of trading in these markets.

Executive Interviews

‘Compliance Is the Foundation’: Kawa Junad On Banking Digitally In Iraq

Few executives have shaped Iraq’s digital transformation as directly as Kawa Junad, founder of First Iraqi Bank.

News

Dividend Recapitalization Is On The Rise

Flush markets, easing rates, and shifting tax incentives are driving a rise in dividend recapitalizations—an increasingly popular way to reward investors ahead of potential market and regulatory changes.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Toyota Supercharges US Investment—Or Is It?

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy applauded the promise of a Toyota expansion. But Toyota exec Hiroyuki Ueda clarified that the company never promised the new investment.

Insurance

Hurricane Melissa Devastation Saddles Jamaica With Multi-Billion-Dollar Bill

Per the World Bank’s and Inter-American Development Bank’s estimates, $8.8 billion-worth of repairs from Hurricane Melissa amount to 41% of Jamaica's GDP.

Promoting Cross-Border Connectivity In An Era Of Payments Fragmentation

Joanne Strobel-Cort, Head of International Payments, BNY, discusses the problems pervading cross-border payments, the latest solutions encouraging connectivity, and the scope for future integration to improve the client experience.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Czech Republic’s Election Winner Is Up In The Air

The jury is still out on whether the Czech Republic and its new populist government will join those in Slovakia and Hungary to form an anti-EU front in Central Europe.

News

Japan’s New Finance Minister Walks A Fiscal-Policy Tightrope

Japan holds the world’s highest debt-to-GDP ratio. Satsuki Katayama must convince financial markets that new spending is both “proactive and responsible” while also reducing the debt-to-GDP ratio.

News

AI, Tariffs Fuel Big Tech Layoffs

This year is on course to become one of the worst years of this century for job cuts, comparable only to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008 and 2009 and the year of the pandemic, 2020.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Democratic Republic of Congo: Waiting For The Peace Dividend

Continued conflicts prevent the central African nation from fully exploiting its natural riches.

Bank Mandiri: Building the Digital Backbone of Indonesia’s Economy

How Kopra by Mandiri is redefining wholesale banking, open finance, and AI-driven innovation. Budi Prasetyo, Senior Vice President of Digital Wholesale Banking, explains how Mandiri is leading the country’s next chapter in financial digitalization.

Award Winners

AI In Finance Awards 2025: Round II

In banking as in other industries, AI is rapidly becoming a core business driver. The biggest gains will come from a foundational rethink of operations, not marginal improvements.