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New Pemex CEO To Lead Reforms
<strong>Newsmakers | Mexico</strong><br />
Mexico’s giant state oil company Pemex has a new boss, González Anaya, and he’s got a mess on his hands.<br />
Author: Efraim Chalamish
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Sovereign Funds Change The Patent Game
<strong>Trends | Patents</strong><br />
As sovereign governments expand their investments into uncharted territories, a new kind of fund has emerged: the sovereign patent fund (SPF), a state-owned patent investment fund that buys and licenses patents, covers the cost of litigation and protects against patent infringement.
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Bastian Takes The Reins At Delta
Delta Air Lines, one of the world’s largest carriers, announced in January that its president, Ed Bastian, will take over as chief executive in May. He replaces industry veteran Richard Anderson, who will become Delta’s executive chairman.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Boards Strengthen Cyberexpertise
<strong>Management | Cybersecurity</strong><br />
Multinational corporations face rising IT challenges and cyberattacks. Retailer Target, office supply chain store Staples and global banking powerhouse JPMorgan Chase are just a few major companies that have recently been hacked—and that have sustained financial costs and damage to their reputations as a result.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Catalan Leader Amps Up Independence Call
<strong>Spain:</strong> Legislators in Catalonia elected Carles Puigdemont, who has been pushing for independence for the big Spanish region for years, as president on January 10.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Eyes On New Legislature For Venezuela
The opposition party in Venezuela won the majority of seats in the National Assembly (Venezuela’s parliament) in national elections early in December.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Global Companies React To Security Threats
Security Risks | Management
Recent terrorist events around the world, from California to Paris, have forced multinational companies to think more seriously about security and nonmarket risks, and the impact of threats on their operations and business continuity.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporates Rush To Decipher Landmark Trade Agreement
Management | Trade Negotiations
Corporations’ business decisions depend on regulatory certainty, but as the passing of TPP legislation faces various hurdles, corporate decision-making processes will need to remain flexible.
Banking
Israel Keeps Its Economic Motor Humming
Country Report | Israel
Chinese investors flock to the nation’s cutting-edge tech sector.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Building Consensus With The Private Sector
Thomas Gass, assistant secretary-general for policy coordination and interagency affairs in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations, talked with Global Finance about the UN’s new Sustainable Development Goals and how the private sector can help.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Finance Minister Key To City-States’s Revamped Cabinet
Heng Swee Keat, Singapore’s education minister and former central bank managing director, was named the nation’s next Finance minister after a landslide election victory in September by the ruling People’s Action Party and prime minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Funds Respond To New Trends In Commodities Markets
Sovereign wealth funds have expanded dramatically in recent years. High commodity prices and large foreign exchange reserves have contributed to their significant growth in global markets.