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CHINA: BANKS FORCED TO INNOVATE IN FAST-CHANGING MARKET

Annual Survey | Stars Of China<br /> Nothing has characterized the recent pressure on traditional banking in China more than the challenge posed by Internet companies to the Big Four Chinese Banks

Features

Largest Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) 2015

A Sovereign Wealth Fund is a state-owned investment fund comprising financial assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate or other instruments and funded by foreign exchange assets.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

China: Will the Tough Get Going?

EXCLUSIVE<br /> As China’stop political leaders gathered this week in Beijing for their annual conclave amid expectations for a new reform push, a joint study by two U.S. think tanks said that the world’s second-largest economy is undergoing a massive overhaul of its obsolete growth model.

Features

China’s Legal Reform Is Front and Center

Some discrepancy exists between the rules that are written and those that are enforced. This is true for most places in the world, and China is no exception.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

RUSSIA REAPS REWARDS FOR STEADY CHINESE COURTSHIP

RUSSIA/CHINA<br /> The recent raft of Chinese investments into Russia following president Putin’s May visit to Shanghai might look like a rapid response to counter Western sanctions.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

WILL MARITIME CONFLICTS PUSH ASEAN TO NEW REGIONAL ROLE?

ASIA<br /> The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are faced with important decisions over the organization’s future amid increasing conflicts between China and member states over territorial claims in the South China Sea.

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Despite U.S. Prodding, Renminbi Liberalization to Proceed at China’s Pace

During his trip to China in mid-May, US Treasury secretary Jacob Lew repeated a favorite Washington refrain: Authorities in Beijing should do more to allow the renminbi to trade freely against the dollar.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2014

In our 21st annual survey, Global Finance identifies the best banks in 150 countries and eight regions. The winners are not always the biggest banks, but rather, the best—those with the qualities that corporations should look for when choosing a bank.

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China

CHINA: BANKS FORCED TO INNOVATE IN FAST-CHANGING MARKET

Largest Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) 2015

China: Will the Tough Get Going?

China’s Legal Reform Is Front and Center

RUSSIA REAPS REWARDS FOR STEADY CHINESE COURTSHIP

WILL MARITIME CONFLICTS PUSH ASEAN TO NEW REGIONAL ROLE?

Despite U.S. Prodding, Renminbi Liberalization to Proceed at China’s Pace

ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2014

BEST BANKS 2014: AFRICA

BEST U.S. REGIONAL BANKS: 2014

EM RISKS: DEALING WITH THE WILD CARDS

GLOBAL IPO PROCEEDS RISE, BUT WILL IT LAST?