Economics, Policy & Regulation
Developing Countries Ease Doing Business
According the World Bank Group’s Ease of Doing Business Index for 2017, a record-breaking 137 nations out of 190 have implemented key reforms to deregulate their economies.
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Samsung’s Heir Apparent Faces Heated Challenges
Samsung’s soon-to-be vice chairman and heir apparent, Lee Jae-yong,rises to face the challenge of leading the multinational tech giant ata difficult time.
Banking
Keeping The Wealth In The Wealthy
With great wealth comes a burden of keeping it. Last year, the net worth of 1,400 billionaires worldwide that are being tracked in a study declined for the first time in a decade—to $5.1 trillion. And while 210 people rose ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Monsanto Deal In Hand, Bayer Faces Regulators
In potentially the biggest foreign corporate takeover ever by a German company, Bayer seeks to buyMonsanto for 62 billion. Werner Bauman gets into agribusiness.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Regulatory Scrutiny Scotches M&A Deals
The year 2016 is set to break a record for withdrawn global M&A deals, with regulators scotching several high-profile mergers.
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Eurozone Attracts Record Foreign Investment
<strong>Europe</strong> | Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Europe hit a record high in 2015 with 5,083 new cross-border projects, an increase of 14% from 2014, creating approximately 218,000 new jobs
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Nearshoring Tide Rises In Europe
<strong>LOCATION TRENDS </strong>| Technology allows all sorts of work to be done anywhere.Many companies are taking advantage of this power to "nearshore" European operations from pricey major capitals to lower-cost locales.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Once Bitten, Twice Finance Minister
<strong>Indonesia |</strong>Can themuch-admired former Finance Minister of Indonesia, Sri Mulyani Indrawati,bring back the magic in her second tour in the post?
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Assuming The Mantle Of Asia’s Financial Hub
Singapore has overtaken Hong Kong as Asia’s top financial center and now ranks third globally behind London and New York. This is the key takeaway from the latest Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), a ranking by British commercial think-tank Z/Yen Group.
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US Execs Flock To China—Then Flee
<strong>China</strong><br />
When Alibaba announced in May that it was hiring former Goldman Sachs managing director Douglas Feagin to run the international unit of its finance arm, Ant Financial, many observers had a sense of déjà vu.<br />
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Iconoclast Economy Minister Mixes It Up
He’s a kickboxer and a football fanatic, an accomplished pianist and possibly the next president of France—and only 38.
Banking
Japanese Banks Jump Into The Market
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ is learning to speak Arabic.