Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Strong Dollar Likely Under Trump
The Trump administration’s nascent economic policieswill likely result in a strong dollar and rising interest rates.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Trump’s Tax Proposals Benefit Big Corporations
Trump's tax plans are expected to lighten corporate taxes, adding to profits of beleaguered US companies.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Algorithms Fingered in Pounds Flash Crash
Algorithms reading Twitter may have sent the pound tumbling for no good reason.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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, ...
Banking
Pakistan Returns to Sukuk Market
With mounting payment obligations and a worsening balance of payments, Pakistan has returned to the Islamic bond market after a two-year hiatus. In early October, Pakistan mopped up $1 billion through a dollar-denominated Islamic bond with a five-year tenure.