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IMF Annual Meetings 2015: Peru Is a Perfect Stage To Discuss Latin American Growth

The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Lima, Peru, in October, will provide world leaders with the right stage to discuss poverty and inequality and suggest ways for Latin American economies to foster growth less dependent on commodities, according to former president of Peru, Alejandro Toledo.

Features

Brazil: Heading Towards Recession

Global Finance sat down with José Francisco de Lima Gonçalves, a professor of economics at São Paulo University and chief economist at Banco Fator, to discuss his views on Brazil in 2015.

Banking

ECB’S QE: WHO’S IN AND WHO’S OUT?

Banking | Europe In its first round of QE, the ECB said that the bonds of only seven European financial institutions were eligible—until further revision, which won’t happen until at least April 15.

Banking

SHADOW BANKING: THE FUTURE OF BANKING?

Cover Story As banks find their margins squeezed on traditional lending and payments activities, nonbank credit and financing—supported by technological innovation—is growing exponentially.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR PETROBRAS

Management | Corporate Reporting For Petróleo Brasileiro, or Petrobras, as the giant Brazilian oil company is called, the time to present audited 2014 results, including the write-downs associated with the highly publicized historical corruption scandal, is running out.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BRAZIL: SMOOTH SAILING FOR PETROBRAS CEO?

Newsmakers | Brazil Aldemir Bendine became one of Brazil’s poster boys for success while at the helm of Banco do Brasil, but his new role as chief executive of the country’s oil giant, Petrobras, is causing him headaches.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

LATIN AMERICAN TRADE: A FIESTA WITHOUT A HANGOVER?

Regional Report | Latin America Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru are handling the drop in commodities prices better than the rest of Latin America.

Banking

SANTANDERS CLOUD GAMBIT: WILL MORE BANKS FOLLOW THEIR LEAD?

Trends | Global Banking On the surface at least, Spain’s Banco Santander and Cloud storage providers do not appear to have much in common.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

VENEZUELA: FREE-FLOATING CURRENCY UNLIKELY TO STAVE OFF DEFAULT

Milestones | Venezuela Venezuela’s introduction of a marginal free-floating currency system that will freely trade the US dollar and the bolivar seems unlikely to enlarge the country’s foreign exchange reserves or stem its growing external debt.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Brazil: Correcting Its Fiscal Slippage

In a presentation in New York on February 18—his first official visit to the US since his appointment—Brazil’s Finance minister Joaquim Levy said that Brazilians are learning by doing.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BATTLE ROYAL BETWEEN DUPONT AND ACTIVIST SHAREHOLDER TRIAN

Management | Shareholder Activism A battle is heating up ahead of the DuPont’s annual shareholders meeting, planned for April.

Banking

SANTANDERS MASSIVE CAPITAL INCREASE: MORE EUROPEAN BANKS TO FOLLOW

Trends | Bank Capitalization As Spaniards returned from the Los Reyes Magos (Epiphany) holiday, Spain’s Santander, Europe’s biggest bank, sold the equivalent of nearly 10% of its capital in one day, raising €7.5 billion ($8.7 billion) in cash and bringing required ratios in line with those of the banking industry.