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Economics, Policy & Regulation

US: SHELBY TO HEAD SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE

United States | Newsmakers After the Republican victory in the 2014 US midterm elections and an eight-year hiatus, Richard Shelby, a senior senator from Alabama, has taken over his old post as chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

Features

US Companies Get Comfy With The Renminbi

AFP Exclusive | Q&A An interview with Dan Scanlan, regional transaction banking head for the Americas, Standard Chartered.

Banking

RATING AGENCIES – U.S. UNDER PRESSURE

Pressure from Congress in the wake of the global financial crisis led the SEC to expedite its lethargic and opaque process of registering rating agencies. As a result there are now 10 Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations (NRSROs).

Data

Corporate Tax Rates by Country

Taxes paid by corporations can be measured in a number of ways, including the marginal corporate tax rate and the total taxes paid as a percentage of profits.

Banking

FORMER DERIVATIVES SUPERSTAR TAKES THE HELM AT AIG

UNITED STATES After steering American International Group (AIG) during the financial crisis and putting it back on a sounder footing, president and chief executive officer Robert Benmosche is handing the baton over to Peter Hancock.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

OTC MARKETS, NOT NYSE, TRADE MOST ADRS

FINANCE & CAPITAL | CAPITAL MARKETS: AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

US: FIELDS’ FIRST TEST ON FORD’S BREAD AND BUTTER

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES New Ford CEO Fields is about to be put to the test.

Features

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

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.

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.

Banking

US VS THE WORLD: ROUND ONE

The fight has just begun, as newly enacted Fed rules start to cramp long-accepted operating styles of global banks. The banks are weighing what to do about it—as are global policymakers.

Banking

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNUAL MEETING

Inter-Asian trade will lead the agenda items at this year’s annual Asian Development Bank meeting, to be held May 2-5, 2014, in Astana, Kazakhstan.