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Executive Interviews

Taiwan: Strength Under Pressure

Leaders from the Central Bank of Taiwan (CBC) and five banks active on the island discussed post-Covid supply chain challenges, inflation, and tensions with ChinaduringGlobal Finance'srecent roundtable.

Banking

Apple Opens High Interest Savings Accounts

The Cupertino, California-based iPhone maker recently teamed up with Goldman Sachs to launch a high-yield savings account, promising a 4.15% return for Apple Card holders.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EY Scraps Breakup Plans—For Now

EY's plan to separate its auditing and consulting businesses from one another toaddress conflict of interest concerns comes to naught.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

HSBC’s Future Is On The Line

Ping An Insurance of China, one of the world’s biggest insurers and a major HSBC stakeholder, has been pushing for a break-up of the Group’s Asian and UK operations.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Private Equity’s Dry Powder

PE firms are attempting to navigate a barren M&A landscape, with trillions in capital ready to deploy. But where?

Features

Softbank Continues Arm Wrestle

To help beef up Arm’s potential earnings ahead of anIPO, Softbank appears to be tinkering with Arm’s unique selling point.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Africa: Standard Bank CEO Skeptical Of Retail CBDCS

The IMF has conducted CBDC workshops in Africa covering issues posed by central bank-governed virtual digital assetsbut adoption has been sluggish.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CFOs Wanted: Startups Lack Strong Financial Hands

Many startups were unableto access their funds during SVB's demise in part because they lacked CFOs.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

China Proposes Security Assessment For AI Tools

According to China's newproposed regulations, companies providing generative AI services must prevent false information and content that is discriminatory or harmful to intellectual property or personal privacy rights.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

China: IPOs Surge Under New Listing Rules

The new rules—which debuted in Shanghai and Shenzhen last month—are aimed at speeding up listings and boosting corporate fund-raising.

Banking

Credit Suisse Battles $160 Million Fraud Trial

This credit-crisis legacy issue sits among the raft of allegations of fraud and other misconduct surrounding Credit Suisse’s descent into cultural failure, which UBS management claims it will now be rooting out.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Finland: Orpos Uphill Path To A New Government

Finland’s conservative National Coalition Party came first in elections but fell short of the majority needed to form a government on their own.