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Barclays To Sell Africa Business

Capital Markets | Regulation “Nothing will make us deviate or change our course. We are not exiting our operations in any of our African markets,” declared Maria Ramos, CEO of Barclays Africa.

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CFO’s See Big Change Ahead

Management | Technology and Change In the not-so-distant future, they believe, the corporate world will look very different than it does now.

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CFO’s The New Renaissance Men

Management | CFO's A recent report by global consulting firm KPMG was titled, Introducing the Renaissance CFO.

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China’s Onshore Bond Market Opens Up

Capital Markets | Fixed Income China’s $7.4 trillion onshore bond market, the third-largest in the world, is opening to foreign institutional investors in the latest step by China to integrate its capital markets into the global financial system.

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Dalian Wanda Creates World’s Biggest Theater Chain

Trends | Movies China’s richest man goes to Hollywood and buys it.

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Earnings Pressures May Spur Us Bank Mergers

Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions A need by banks to address weak earnings could result in increased merger activity in 2016, according to Fitch Ratings.

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Peru’s Economy On A Roll

Trends | Peru There is no stopping Peru’s economy.

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Philippines Jump-Starts Electronic Banking

Capital Markets | Banking Reform More than one hundred million people, 2.5 billion transactions every month—and just 1% of payments made electronically.

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Sovereign Funds Change The Patent Game

Trends | Patents As sovereign governments expand their investments into uncharted territories, a new kind of fund has emerged: the sovereign patent fund (SPF), a state-owned patent investment fund that buys and licenses patents, covers the cost of litigation and protects against patent infringement.

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Taking The Long View: Crises Demand Attention, But So Do Long-Term Trends.

Corporate leaders can be forgiven for not thinking too far ahead. The length of time that investors hold stock has fallen. Share-holders want fast rewards—and quick fixes when performance flags. Moreover, given the upheavals and macroeconomic uncertainties of the past decade, many CEOs and CFOs have been preoccupied with firefighting.

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Treasurers On A Wild Ride

Foreign exchange volatility is a major headache for corporates, but with strategic planning it’s possible to enjoy the ride.

Award Winners

World’s Best Investment Banks 2016

The best banks see falling stock prices as an opportunity to finance takeovers with debt and sell bank equity to please regulators.