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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SINGAPORE | LIFE AFTER LEE

Milestones | Singapore During the state funeral cortege of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding prime minister, Singaporeans were urged to salute rather than take photos using their smartphones, a vivid reminder of the government’s preoccupation with political correctness.

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.

Banking

BANKING: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

Corporate banking has always lagged the retail sector when it comes to the adoption of digital technologies, but mobile-banking services are gathering pace—and some visionaries are even contemplating banking services based on wearable technologies.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

RMB: GETTING READY FOR THE REDBACK

Fast-paced developments in China and overseas are bolstering the renminbi’s international expansion.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SANCTIONS THREATEN RUSSIAN DEALS

Mergers and acquisitions involving Russian companies, including Morgan Stanley’s planned sale of its global oil-trading unit to Rosneft, are threatened by Western sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SRI LANKA: LIBERALIZING FOR GROWTH

Sri Lanka has an open business environment, but challenges—not least its recovery from the civil war that ended in 2009—remain.

Banking

BEST BANKS 2014: ASIA-PACIFIC

Developing Asia will grow by 6.2% this year and 6.5% next, according to Asian Development Bank estimates, up slightly from 6.1% in 2013. Despite the uptick in overall growth, banks around the region continue to face challenging landscapes.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover: The Global Trade Backlash

Multinational corporations lobbied hard for preferential agreements under proposed Asian and European trade pacts. But the result may be more than they bargained for.

Banking

Global Salon: Richard Bove

THE BIG, THE BAD AND THE SAFEST By Hilary Johnson At Global Finance s monthly Salon, Richard Bove, bank analyst...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Polls & Stats: Corps Adapt Global Investing Strategies

While overall levels of investment have remained stable, there have been dramatic changes in how investment is distributed between regions...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Roundtable: Taiwan

ROOM TO GROW Moderated by Andrea Fiano At a roundtable in Taipei, Global Finance brought together key figures in Taiwans...

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 ...