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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MALTA: FCM BANK IS KEEPING IT SIMPLE – VINCENT MA

Launched just three years ago, FCM Bank is the only bank in Malta to specialize solely in savings and fixed-term offerings. During a talk with Global Finance, chief operating officer Vincent Ma explained why FCM Bank has zeroed in on those two products.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

STRUCTURAL REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA: FDI MAGNET

FDI Update | FDI Magnet Countries that dismantled protec-tionist policies are still attracting FDI, despite the commodities bust. Others aren’t doing so well.

Features

Supply Chain Disruptions: Balancing Risk and Resilience

Supply chain vulnerabilities can have long-term consequences, so a country’s resilience to disruptions is a major boon to companies seeking to locate operations.

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AFRICA’S PRIVATE EQUITY OPPORTUNITIES

with Ali Khalpey, Exotix

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FLOURISHING IN A FAST-MOVING MARKET | CONSUMER PRODUCTS

Consumer Products Sector The region’s largest retailers continue to expand, as do multinational companies, in this growing markets.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

HIGH-TECH ENTREPRENEURS ATTRACT GLOBAL ATTENTION

High Tech Sector Playing to its youthful strengths, the Middle East has enormous high-tech potential but still has room to grow.

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KNOW YOUR CORE CUSTOMER

with Jan Rasmussen, Nordea Markets

Banking

NEW CEO CHANGES PACE FOR STANDARD CHARTERED | NEWSMAKERS

Newsmakers | United Kingdom The appointment of Bill Winters to replace Peter Sands as CEO of Standard Chartered has been universally welcomed, as the troubled bank saw profits fall by 30% last year compared with 2013 levels.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

McDonalds CEO: Brit Becomes The New “Big Mac”

McDonalds appointment of British-born Steve Easterbrook as its new CEO has both surprised and delighted analysts—concerned by the burger behemoth’s first annual decline in 30 years.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EGYPT SEES FDI AS KEY TO GROWTH

FDI Update After four years of challenges in the social, economic and political space, Egypt rolls out the welcome mat for foreign direct investors.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EU TAX REFORM: VAT REGULATION HITS SMES

Milestones | European Union Regulators had Web giants like Google and Apple in their sites when they framed a new value-added tax (VAT) regulation for businesses selling digital products into the European Union

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EXPERTISE AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE: TOM HRON, UNICREDIT

Q&A | Supply Chain Finance Tomáš Hron, head of global transaction banking, UniCredit Bank, Czech Republic and Slovakia, on the limits of digitization in trade and the supply chain.