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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Target: New Chief Begins Next Year

Starting as a summer intern while still in business school and rising through the ranks to COO, Michael Fiddelke has spent over two decades working for the US big-box retailer Target.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

IKEA: First Non-Swedish Executive Named To Lead Retailer

Ingka Group, the holding company that operates most IKEA stores globally, has appointed as its next chief executive, Juvencio Maeztu, the first non-Swede to lead the group.

Economic Data

Poorest Countries in the World 2025

The world’s poorest countries suffer from civil wars, ethnic and sectarian strife. Soaring inflation has made their situations worse.

Data

World’s Largest Companies In 2025

Global Finance ranks the ten largest companies in the world by market capitalization.

Data

Richest Countries in the World 2025

Many of the world’s richest countries are also the world’s smallest: the pandemic, the global economic slowdown and geopolitical turmoil have barely made a dent in their huge wealth.

Transaction Banking

Tariffs Backfire? Trade Truce Extended As China Surges, US Still Imports

Fears about US tariffs hurting China’s economy were overblown. New customs data show that China posted a record $683.5 billion trade surplus this year, with July exports up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis, ahead of economists’ expectations.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Giovanni Ferrero Scoops Up WK Kellogg

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and Giovanni Ferrero knows it.

Data

World’s Most Peaceful Country 2025 Global Peace Index

According to the 2025 Global Peace Index, over the past two decades most indicators of peacefulness have worsened. Old and new conflicts, and our political and cultural polarization, are the main culprits.

Data

Happiest Countries In The World 2025

Frigid temperatures, dark winter days, a breathtakingly high cost of living: who would ever want to live in a place...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Canada: Carney Crowns First-Ever AI Minister

Canada last month named its first-ever AI minister, joining a list of countries that already includes the United Arab Emirates, France, and Taiwan.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

(Another) New Deal With The IMF

Even before Argentina’s previous agreement with the International Monetary Fund expired in December, President Javier Milei began pursuing a new bailout package.

Banking

Germany Approves UniCredit Stake In Commerzbank

Last month, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office approved Italy’s second-largest lender’s plan to purchase a major stake in state-backed Commerzbank.