Banking
World’s Best Banks 2023—Western Europe
Western European banks continue to boost profits in uncertain times.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFO Corner: Q&A With Lamborghini’s Paolo Poma
Automobili Lamborghini's CFO Paolo Poma explains to Global Finance how his unusual career path from engineering to the C-suite prepared him to lead the company in an era of tighter credit conditions.
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.