Features
US Companies Get Comfy With The Renminbi
AFP Exclusive | Q&A<br />
An interview with Dan Scanlan, regional transaction banking head for the Americas, Standard Chartered.
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Award Winners
CHINA: A NEW ECONOMY IN THE MAKING
Annual Survey | Stars Of China<br />
Something’s changed this year. Midmarket innovators are taking the lead, Internet companies are now world-beaters, and banks are staking their ground in a whole new way.
Supplement
Foreign Exchange Supplement 2014
Many dyed-in-the-wool foreign exchange traders lament the regulatory changes sweeping the industry more than six years after the global financial crisis. The market has become too boring for them. In the US, the Volcker Rule has caused banks to shut down their proprietary trading desks, while provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act are causing big FX banks to stop making markets in currencies and to act simply as agents for their customers.
Banking
ARE BANKS UNSAFE AT ANY SIZE?
Banking Regulation<br />
The globe’s financial systems are still vulnerable to contagion. Critics say regulators are unlikely to fix the problem unless they shift gears.
Banking
ARGENTINE GOVERNOR MAY FURTHER DILUTE CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE
Newsmakers | Argentina<br />
Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in early October triggered the resignation of the head of the country’s central bank, Juan Carlos Fabrega, by criticizing him for not reducing manipulation of the country’s currency. His replacement, Alejandro Vanoli, formerly the head of the country’s securities regulator, CNV, doesn’t look likely to set Argentina on a better path.
Award Winners
CHINA: BANKS FORCED TO INNOVATE IN FAST-CHANGING MARKET
Annual Survey | Stars Of China<br />
Nothing has characterized the recent pressure on traditional banking in China more than the challenge posed by Internet companies to the Big Four Chinese Banks
Banking
RATING AGENCIES – U.S. UNDER PRESSURE
Pressure from Congress in the wake of the global financial crisis led the SEC to expedite its lethargic and opaque process of registering rating agencies. As a result there are now 10 Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations (NRSROs).
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
TAKING THE STIGMA OUT OF TREASURY OUTSOURCING
Special Report | Treasury Outsourcing<br />
The concept of treasury outsourcing has been around since the 1980s, but until fairly recently, it enjoyed limited adoption, owing to concerns about operational control. But cost pressures are forcing treasurers to look at the concept again.
Award Ceremonies and Events
TRANSACTION PROCESSING AWARDS CEREMONY 2014
Global Finance held its Transaction Processing Awards ceremony in Boston in October—during SWIFT’s Annual Sibos conference. Leading corporate and financial executives from around the world were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients.
Award Ceremonies and Events
WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS 2014 AWARDS CEREMONY
Global Finance awarded the top banks in its annual Safest Banks ranking at its Best Banks Awards Ceremony, held in conjunction with the IMF/World Bank meetings in Washington in mid-October.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
YOUNG CONSERVATIVE TAKES HELM IN BELGIUM
Newsmakers | Belgium<br />
After almost five months of parliamentary squabbling since the elections of May 25th, Belgium finally inaugurated a new government in mid-October.
Awards
Global Finance Names The World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2015
NEW YORK, November 6, 2014 – Global Finance magazine has named the World’s Best Foreign Exchange Banks and Providers by country, region and category in an exclusive survey to be published in the January 2015 issue.