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India: Now Third-Largest Global Economy

MILESTONES By Erik Heinrich India has passed Japan as the world’s third-largest economy, according to a recent report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The same report lowered the OECD’s estimate for India’s growth ...

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Japan: Vote Of Confidence For Abenomics

NEWSMAKERS By Thomas Clouse Stability may have finally returned to Japanese politics, now that the coalition led by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has won a majority of seats in the upper ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Risk Management: Cyber Risk Insurance

STAYING ON THE ATTACK By Paula Green Companies must beef up their cybersecurity coverage as the risk of disruption continues to skyrocket. Multinationals’ dependence on insurance to cover the risk of cyberattacks is expanding in line with ...

Banking

Treasury & Cash Management: GLOBAL FINANCE CASH 25

WHAT’S UP WITH CORPORATE CASH? By Ronald Fink Among various explanations for corporations’ letting cash build up on their balance sheets, the most compelling one is that economic growth is still slow. But some companies are not waiting ...

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World’s 50 Safest Banks 2013

Global Finance Names the World’s 50 Safest Banks 2013 New York, August 26, 2013 – Bank ratings are not yet...

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World’s Top Central Bankers 2013

Global Finance Magazine Grades the World’s Top Central Bankers 2013 New York, August 22, 2013 – Global Finance magazine has...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Asia Wakes Up To A New Dawn Of Supply Chain Financing

Asia is often portrayed as a land of milk and honey, where liquidity and capital flow freely, and high levels...

Awards

Global Corporate Cash Survey 2013

Global Finance to Publish First-Ever Global Corporate Cash Survey Companies Ranked by Cash on Balance Sheet, Global Finance Cash 25...

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World’s Best Consumer Internet Banks in Asia 2013

Global Finance names the 2013 World’s Best Consumer Internet Banks in Asia NEW YORK, July 18, 2013 Global Finance has...

Banking

Editor’s Letter: Tapering Expectations

The quantitative easing launched in recent years by the central banks of the United States, the eurozone and Japan is entering a new phase...

Banking

Equity: Companies Raise More DR Capital

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt The pace of capital raising using depositary receipts has accelerated sharply from last year, and the pipeline of future issues is strong, DR bankers say. Much of the recent activity ...

Banking

FX: Dollar Rebounds As Fed Debates QE Tapering

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt Volatility has returned to the currency markets, as participants weigh the likelihood that the Federal Reserve could dial back on its purchases of bonds if the US economy improves. A relatively ...