Banking
Israel Keeps Its Economic Motor Humming
Country Report | Israel
Chinese investors flock to the nation’s cutting-edge tech sector.
Israel
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Data
Percentage of Public Deficit/Surplus in GDP Around the World
Government deficit or surplus is the difference between government receipts (mainly tax revenue) and government spending (i.e. salaries of government employees, social benefits, interest on the public debt) in a single year.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Israel’s Teva Bids $40 Billion For US Generic-Drug Rival
Capital Markets | M&A Pharmaceuticals
In what could become Israel’s biggest cross-border M&A deal ever, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries made an unsolicited $40 billion offer to acquire Mylan, a Pennsylvania-based drugmaker registered in the Netherlands with operational headquarters in the UK.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
ISRAEL | ECONOMIC REFORMS COMPLICATE NETANYAHU’S FOURTH TERM
Newsmakers | Israel
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s success among center-right political parties, which saw him recently elected for a fourth term, may have provided a stable political platform, but international pressure and recent social unrest could see the country change economic direction.
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.
Awards
BEST BANKS 2014: MIDDLE EAST
Banks in the Middle East are liquid and well capitalized, particularly in the oil-producing countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Awards
BEST U.S. REGIONAL BANKS: 2014
Since the global financial crisis, US regional banks have taken market share in corporate banking away from the national money-center banks, which have dialed back on risk to rebuild their balance sheets.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Middle East Oil & Gas: Iranian Win?
MIDDLE EAST 2014 SUPPLEMENT By Ronald Fink Some analysts think the Ukrainian crisis could help improve prospects for Middle Eastern...
Banking
World’s Best Investment Banks 2014
ANNUAL AWARDS: HIGH-OCTANE YEAR Global investment banks will face a tremendous challenge as they strive to continue running their underwriting businesses at the elevated levels they reached in 2013. Many of the largest banks on Wall Street reaped a windfall ...
Awards
World’s Best Developed Markets Banks 2014
Global Finance Names The World’s Best Developed Markets Banks 2014.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
IsraelPalestine Gas Accord
MILESTONES By Luca Ventura When in early January the US secretary of state John Kerry traveled to the Middle East,...
Banking
World’s Best Trade Finance Banks
Jump To See Winners ANNUAL SURVEY: TRADE FINANCE BECOMES AN ASSET CLASS Global Finance presents its annual awards for the Best Trade Finance Institutions globally, regionally, and by country. The outlook for the trade finance business in 2014 is rosy, ...