Emerging & Frontier Markets
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS TOP THE NEW PRESIDENTS AGENDA
Newsmakers | Sri Lanka
“The first 100 days of Sirisena’s manifesto are devoted to constitutional reforms,”
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Banking
CRISIS PUTS WEAK BANKING SECTOR IN SPOTLIGHT AGAIN
Milestones | Russia
During economic crises, Russia’s banking sector has tended to make a bad situation worse; The current crisis appears to be no different.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE: BRIDGING THE GLOBAL GAP
Cover Story
As economic growth languishes and worries about the specter of deflation mount, much-needed infrastructure development and new sources of project financing could provide a panacea to global growth.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
NEW INVESTORS DRIVE PROJECT FINANCING
The largest fully nonrecourse project finance deal of 2014, in fact the largest ever, was the expansion of a liquefied nitrogen gas (LNG) facility near Freeport in Texas.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
PARTIAL COMEBACK SEEN IN CORPORATE CAPITAL INVESTMENT
Management | Corporate Cash
The partial revival seen recently in capital investment by companies reflects the mixed performance of the global economy and the outlook for it.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SEPA: A SPRINGBOARD TO REAL-TIME PAYMENTS
Special Report | SEPA
With SEPA migration projects mostly completed, it is time for treasurers to start thinking about the next steps in regulatory compliance and process automation.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
US-CUBA RELATIONS THAW, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN
Milestones | United States & Cuba
After 54 years of economic and diplomatic isolation, relations between Cuba and the United States appeared to thaw in mid-January, when the U.S. implemented a host of regulatory changes to its sanctions regime against the Communist country.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
WALL STREET BANKER WITHDRAWS FROM TREASURY RACE
Newsmakers | United States
Weiss is widely regarded as capable, and is a liberal himself. But he came under fire because of his affiliation with Wall Street, as many in the American left have been calling for an end to the “revolving door,”
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
OFFSHORE TRADING GETS A CORPORATE EMBRACE
<strong>Renminbi | Trends</strong><br />
Autumn was a sweet season for the offshore progress of the renminbi. One-third (31%) of major German corporations polled in a November survey by Deutsche Bank are trading in renminbi with cross-border customers and suppliers, while another 17% said they intended to do so in 2015.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SOUTH KOREA: A TIGHTROPE WALK WITH TRADING PARTNERS
<strong>South Korea | Country Report</strong><br />
One of Asia’s most powerful economies, South Korea is maneuvering deftly between even more powerful neighbors and allies.
Award Ceremonies and Events
STARS OF CHINA AWARDS CEREMONY 2014
<strong>Global Finance</strong> held its annual Stars of China awards ceremony in Beijing in November. Corporate and financial leaders from around the country were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
TAIWAN: A TURNING POLITICAL TIDE
<strong>Taiwan | Milestones</strong><br />
Taiwan’s president Ma Ying-jeou and his Kuomintang party lost control of important political positions in late November, when Taiwanese voters chose opposition party and independent candidates in local elections across the island.