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Gulf Nations Cope With Low Crude Prices
How Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar are adjusting to new oil-market realities.
Author: Gordon Platt
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New Comptroller Would Join Dodd-Frank Demolition Team
Former OneWest Bank CEO Joseph Otting is expected to play a key role in carrying out President Trump’s plan to deregulate financial services.
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Q&A w/ Tadawul’s Khalid Al Hussan: Open To The World
TheCEO of theSaudi stock exchangetalks to Global Finance about reforms that are opening the market to foreign investors ahead of Saudi Aramco's listing in 2018.
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Raising Capital With Depositary Receipts Requires Creativity
In aQ&A, Deutsche Bank's Zafar Aziz says innovation in thedepositary receipts industry can free up the flow of<span style="font-size: 14px;">capital across borders</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span>
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Reform Efforts Move Ahead
A new crown prince is in a stronger position to implement the Saudi’s ambitious Vision 2030 program.
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Vision Amid The Turmoil
GCC economies are stilla relative haven for foreign investors and a favored destination for direct investment, despite the drag of low oil prices.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Amazon Buys Whole Foods As Retail Consolidates
Mergers and acquisitions inretail are ramping upas bricks-and-mortar chains cope with changing consumer habits. An added benefit: getting more data on shoppers.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China’s MSCI Inclusion Reverberates Worldwide
China's inclusion intoMSCI'sglobal benchmark equityindex next year could havefar-reaching ripple effects both inside and outside of the country.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Swaps Loophole Still Puts US At Risk
Swaps and other derivatives, blamed by some for causing the global financial crisis, have returned in a big but deceptive way.
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#6 Asset-Backed Securities & Exotic Derivatives
Professor Michael Greenberger testifying, in 2010, at a Congressional inquiry into the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. The 1980s ushered in an era of exotic financial products that were hailed for fostering new ways to manage risk.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Chinas Interbank Bond Market To Connect With Hong Kong
Paul Chan Hong Kong financial secretary Eligible overseas investors will gain access for the first time to mainland China’s massive interbank bond market through a planned hookup with Hong Kong, known as Bond Connect.
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Hedging Cash Flow
Global Finance: What's new about FiREapps for Cash Flow? Wolfgang Koester: FiREapps for Cash Flow revolutionizes the cash-flow exposure management process.