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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

NICARAGUA’S GRAND CANAL AMBITIONS FAIL TO WOO VOTERS

Newsmakers | Nicaragua When Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega announced last December a plan to construct a controversial transoceanic waterway that would provide an alternative to the Panama Canal, he vowed the project would create jobs and bring prosperity to the hemisphere’s second-poorest nation.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SEC REFORMS PREVENT CORPORATE TREASURIES FROM MOVING CASH QUICKLY

Trends | Money Market Reform Seven years have passed since investor panic during the financial crisis set off a run on money market funds. Since that time, the Securities and Exchange has adopted reforms aimed at reducing MMFs’ credit and interest rate risks and boosting their transparency.

News

SUPPLY CHAIN | STAYING NIMBLE

Special Report | Supply Chain Risk Management The treasury team is now critical to making supply chains more flexible while mitigating risks.

National Bank of Kuwait: Leading Through Sustainability

As Kuwait’s Vision 2035 national development plan calls on the country to become a financial and cultural leader in the Middle East, NBK Group Chairman Nasser Musaed Al-Sayer says the bank’s strategic sustainability initiatives put NBK at the forefront of Kuwait’s future transformation.

Awards

Global Finance Names The Innovators 2015 – Transaction Services

Bank Innovation | The Innovators 2015: The 25 Most Innovative Bank And Fintech SolutionsOfThe Past Year.Global Financehas announcedits third annual listing of the most innovative banks and fintech companiesin treasury and transaction services.

Features

Demand Rising In Latin America As Issuance Slows

Economic headwinds have caused temporary slowdown of corporate issues in Latin America but demand for local debt continues growing.

Banking

BASEL III TO CHANGE CASH POOLING PRACTICES

Management | Cash Management New liquidity rules for banks may force multinational clients to hold more cash in local branches.

Banking

BRAZIL’S CHANGE OF FORTUNE | COUNTRY REPORT

Country Report | Brazil Brazil is fighting to restore economic growth and its international standing, as the Petrobras bribery scandal continues to wreak havoc on the economy and investment.

A ‘Millenniums’ Thing: The Customer-Driven Future of Banking

The latest banking revolution is customer driven, and Portugal’s Millennium bcp is at the forefront of innovative, customer-centric retail banks that literally put the bank into their customers’ pockets.

Award Winners

BULLISH ON ASIAN BOND MARKETS

with Clifford Lee, DBS Bank

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CYPRUS TAUNTS EUROPE BY HOSTING RUSSIAN NAVAL VESSELS | MILESTONES

Milestones | Cyprus The enormous economic challenges faced by Greece have overshadowed a different kind of drama elsewhere in the Mediterranean.

Banking

EX-INSURER MAY REFOCUS CREDIT SUISSE TOWARD ASIA | NEWSMAKERS

Newsmakers | Switzerland Swiss giant Credit Suisse stepped out of the industry’s traditional talent pool in March when it hired Tidjane Thiam as chief executive.

Banking

Five Minutes With Eduardo Suarez, Scotiabank

Capital Markets | Q&A Eduardo Suárez, co-head of Latin America strategy in the Global Banking and Markets division of Scotiabank.

Sustainable Financing for The Entire Supply Chain

Innovative financing structures like sustainable working capital can have a domino effect throughout an entire corporate supply chain ecosystem, resulting in a virtuous circle of long- lasting benefits for all participants, says Jacques Levet, Head of Transaction Banking for EMEA at BNP Paribas.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MEXICO OVERTAKES BRAZIL IN AUTO MANUFACTURING | MILESTONES

Milestones | Mexico Mexico is now Latin America’s largest annual automobile manufacturer, with 2014 production outpacing that of Brazil for the first time since 2002.