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A LONG WAY OFF – RISE OF THE RENMINBI

FX Supplement 2014 | Renminbi Expansion Despite media hype, the renminbi still has some way to go before challenging the dollar as a major currency for international trade.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

A WATERED-DOWN EEU

Milestones | Commonwealth Of Independent States In October, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia put the finishing legal touches to the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union, which comes into being on January 1, 2015.

Banking

CEFIS’ DUAL FOCUS ON BANKING AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Management | Transaction Banking Alberta Cefis is retiring from Scotiabank after building its global transaction banking business practically from the ground up.

Banking

CFTC CONSIDERS REGULATING BITCOIN DERIVATIVES

Trends | CryptoCurrencies There are potential benefits that bitcoin or bitcoin-like technology—as opposed to the cryptocurrency itself—could bring to the derivatives marketplace.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CROSS-BORDER M&A DOUBLES AS COMPANIES ENTER NEW MARKETS

Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions Global cross-border mergers and acquisitions totaled $1.1trillion during the first nine months of 2014, more than double the level of the same period a year earlier, according to Thomson Reuters.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FOCUS ON M&A DUE DILIGENCE

Management | Compliance Risk Corporations are stepping up their efforts to mitigate execution risk in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as growing numbers of regulators worldwide are becoming more stringent about enforcing antitrust and anticorruption laws.

Banking

FOREIGN BANKS SECURE FOOTHOLD IN MYANMAR

Milestones | Myanmar After five decades of economic isolation, on October 1, Myanmar took its first big step into the global financial system, granting nine foreign lenders preliminary approval to operate in the country.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

GLUT OF EUROS COULD KEEP SINGLE CURRENCY WEAK

Trends | Foreign Exchange The global imbalance created by Europe’s huge current-account surplus and excess savings has created a glut of euros that could condemn the single currency to broad-based weakening.

Banking

HILL TO PUSH SECURITIZATION AS FINANCIAL STABILITY HEAD

Newsmakers | United Kingdom After a bumpy ride, the UK’s candidate, lord Jonathan Hill, has been confirmed by the European Parliament as commissioner for financial stability, capital markets and financial services.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

INTERVIEW: IS THE ASIAN GROWTH MIRACLE OVER?

Global Salon Global Finance sat down with John Jullens, partner of consulting firm Strategy&, to discuss the sustainability of growth in Asian economies.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

IS WHITMAN DRIVEN SOLELY BY PRAGMATISM IN HP SPLIT?

Newsmakers | United States HP CEO Meg Whitman’s volte-face announcement to split the company in two has drawn a lot of speculation about, and criticism of, the motives behind the decision.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

LEVANT: LONG-TERM PROSPECTS OUTWEIGH INSTABILITIES

Regional Focus | The Levant Offshore energy reserves, a stable banking sector and infrastructure gaps all present opportunities for foreign investment in the Levant region.