Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
World’s Best Trade Finance Providers 2017
Global Finance announces our picks for the world's Best Trade Finance Providers for 2017, including both bank and non-bank financial institutions.
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Best Corporate FX Teams 2017
Global Finance's annual awards honor the corporations savviest in managing foreign exchange issues.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China Tightens Currency Controls As Renminbi Slides
Stricter capital controls by Chinese authorities are prompting concerns that the liberalization of the Chinese capital market is being halted at a time when the US dollar’s strength and a steady outflow of funds from the country are causing the renminbi to slide.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Honing An Edge in Transaction Banking
Much has been said about the brave new world of transaction banking—robots and blockchains replacing humans and inefficient paper. Incorporating artificial intelligence and Big Data enable smarter, more strategic, enterprise-wide efforts.
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Little Respite For Ringgit In Controversial Hedging Rules
Malaysia’s central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, has issued new hedging and foreign exchange rules aimed at restoring stability to the ringgit, which has been under pressure for some time. However, the effort may well have the opposite effect.
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New Shariah Rule Goes For Gold
The Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (Aaoifi) has issued a new shariah standard that allows Islamic financial institutions to usegold.
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Q&A w/Air Liquide: Deal-Contingent Forwards
Jacques Molgo, group financing & treasury director, and Laurent Chesnay, head of group front office, Air Liquide, a French multinational, explain theappeal of deal-contingent forwards (DCF)—a type of foreign exchangecontract.
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Q&A w/BBH: Global Events, Global Turmoil
Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy with Brown Brothers Harriman,discusses how major world events are impacting currency markets.
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Q&A w/Euler Hermes: Trump’s Promises Threaten Trade
Ludovic Subran, chief economist at credit insurer Euler Hermes, speaks with Andrea Fiano, editor of Global Finance, about a changed trade outlook after the US elections.
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Q&A w/Naspers: Diversity Quells Volatility
Naspers Group Head of treasury Jaco van der Merwe talks withGlobal Finance about managing complex foreign exchange transactions.
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Shenzhen Exchange Will Boost China’s Market Influence
The Shenzhen–Hong Kong Stock Exchange has become one of the dual channels through which mainland Chinese investors may have direct access to Hong Kong–listed stocks, and signalsThe latest connection signalsfurther integration and extendsChina’s capital impact deeper into the Hong Kong market.
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Strong Dollar Rattles Pegged Currencies, EM Bonds
The dollar’s mid-December surge to a 14-year high is pressuring currencies pegged to the greenback, while making it more difficult for emerging markets countries with weakening currencies to repay increasingly expensive, dollar-denominated debt.