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Egypt Floats Currency, And It Sinks. Then Rises.

The Egyptian pound was floated this fall, and quickly lost half its value. But the reform is part of restructuring Egypt's economy to encourage foreign investment.

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Egypt: A Helping Hand For Start-Ups

Banks,tech firms and even universitiesare partnering to aid home-grown Egyptian fintechs.

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SPACs Are Back

After an absence from financial markets, special-purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, have recently returned--and are popping up in new markets around the world.

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Strong Dollar Likely Under Trump

The Trump administration’s nascent economic policieswill likely result in a strong dollar and rising interest rates.

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Trump’s Tax Proposals Benefit Big Corporations

Trump's tax plans are expected to lighten corporate taxes, adding to profits of beleaguered US companies.

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Algorithms Fingered in Pounds Flash Crash

Algorithms reading Twitter may have sent the pound tumbling for no good reason.

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Central Banks Contemplate Issuing Digital Currencies

With interest rates in negative territory and quantitative easing having run its course, central bankers are thinking about turning to cryptocurrencies to solve problems.

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Editorial: Ode To Stability

Letter from the editor on Global Finance's annual ranking of the World's Safest Banks.

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FX Trading Pivots Toward China

The US dollar remains king in the world’s biggest market, as the rise of Asia’s share in foreign exchange trading, led by China, is coming at the expense of Europe rather than the US, analysts say.

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Global FDI Tipped To Fall, But Africa Looks Promising

Combining pessimism with a moderate amount of optimism in its 2016 outlook for foreign direct investment, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) forecasts that total FDI flows will fall in 2016 compared with 2015, with the drop ...

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Oil Price Rise Stirs Hopes of Commodity Rebound

Rising oil demand has some countries hoping that commodity priceswill rebound.

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Ontario Regulator Launches Fintech Hub

As fintech becomes both partner and competitor to global and regional banks—and other financial services firms—it is increasingly coming under the scrutiny of regulators. But how that regulatory framework develops is different in each jurisdiction. In the province of Ontario, ...