News
Reining In Big Tech
The dominance of media-technology platforms that control information has roused regulators around the world. New laws are coming into effect, with more on the way.
Author: Tiziana Barghini
Join the global community of corporate and public-sector finance industry leaders reading Global Finance monthly in print.
Click Here
News
A Lightbulb Moment For GE
GE stock has lost more than 40% of its value since 2000, when Flannery’s predecessor, Jeffrey Immelt, was appointed.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Sovereign Debt | Venezuela Defiant In Face Of Bond Default
Venezuela’s external debt is variously estimated between $120 billion and $143 billion, including as much as $63 billion of foreign bonds.
Data
Latin America | Economic Laggards Recover to Slow And Steady Growth
As Latin America’s laggards recover, growth is trending toward a regional norm of slow but steady.
Award Winners
World’s Best Banks 2017 | Q&A with Banorte
The bank's CEO Jose Marcos Ramirez Miguel sees less risk now from revising the regional trade deal, even a "very positive impact" on Mexico's economy.
Award Winners
Best Banks 2017 | Q&A with Banco de Chile
The bank's chief economist Rodrigo Aravena sees more growth for the country and the region although economic risks remain.
Features
Q&A With Bank of Italy | A Tortoise Economy
Ignazio Visco, governor of the Bank of Italy since 2011, spoke with Global Finance about economic conditions globally and in Italy, where the banking system has been stressed, efforts to improve those conditions and Italy’s slow-and-steady return to growth.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Are Emerging Markets Ready To Rebound?
Emerging markets could see funds flowing back to them as central banks unwindquantitative easing and liquidity flows back to emering market assets.
Banking
Central Bankers Eye A Return to Normal
The rosier outlook gives central banks a chance to return to more traditional policies after endless cycles of easing. The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is likely to stick to its plan of slowly increasing interest rates, and the European Central Bank (ECB) could follow suit.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equifax: A Breach Too Far
The breach has put the personal data of 143 million people at risk of identity theft.
Country Report
España Va Bien
With reforms taking hold and world trade recovering, Spain is stronger than at any time since the 2008 financial crisis.
Country Report
Spanish Bank Reforms: Breaking Bad Cycles
The 2012 European bailout of the Spanish banks was probably the nadir of the Spanish financial and economic crisis butan aggressive approach to tackling its banking-system troubles setSpain apart from its Mediterranean neighbors such as Italy