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South Africa Shakeup Sparks Downgrades
South Africa’s new minister of Finance, Malusi Gigaba, whose appointment brought on ratings agency downgrades, faces low confidence and slow growth.
South Africa
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Barclays To Sell Africa Business
Capital Markets | Regulation<br />
“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.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Gordhan Gets His Turn To Heal South Africa’s Woes
<strong>South Africa: </strong>After burning through two Finance ministers in 18 months—with the second having held the job for less than a week—South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, moved in mid-December to restore a measure of stability to the post.
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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.
Awards
Global Finance Names The Safest Emerging Markets Banks In Sub-Saharan Africa 2015
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2015 — Global Finance has named the Safest Emerging Markets Banks in Sub-Saharan Africa in an exclusive survey to be published in the November 2015 issue.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA OUTPACES BIGGER COMPETITORS
Regional Report | Africa
Africa’s story is no longer that of a continent with great potential. Increasingly, the leaders and peoples of the continent, in collaboration with outsiders, are translating that potential into concrete achievements.
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: AFRICA
The financial system in Africa varies from the highly developed banking institutions of South Africa and Nigeria to the barely organized banking sector of South Sudan, the world’s newest country.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
EM RISKS: DEALING WITH THE WILD CARDS
This year has already proven to be a wild one when it comes to emerging markets risks. Preparing for what is to come in volatile and disparate markets is ever more central to the treasury and risk management functions.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
INDONESIA REBUFFS FOREIGN INVESTORS: REVIEWS TRADE TREATIES
Only two weeks ahead of the April 9 parliamentary elections and under pressure from a billion-dollar lawsuit, the Indonesian government announced it would terminate some 67 bilateral investment treaties—which regulate investment in the country by foreigners—as they come up for renewal.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
IRAN: FERTILE LANDSCAPE FOR INVESTMENT?
With good demographics and potential opportunities for FDI in a range of sectors, Iran is poised to make the most of further relaxing of economic sanctions.
Banking
Middle East: Islamic Finance Flourishes
MIDDLE EAST 2014 SUPPLEMENT By Gordon Platt Islamic finance is going mainstream, with Western countries planning to issue their first sovereign sukuk. It still constitutes only a small percentage of total global financial assets, and most activity is ...