Economics, Policy & Regulation Archives

Join the global community of corporate and public-sector finance industry leaders reading Global Finance monthly in print.

Click Here

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Shorting For Health: Q&A With Quintessential Capital Management Managing Partner Gabriel Grego

Quintessential Capital Management Managing Partner Gabriel Grego explains why his much-maligned “short activism” is good for investors and markets.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

An HR Lifer Tackles Covid

The 2008 crisis highlighted the role of company CFOs; the pandemic is highlighting the role of HR.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

A Bankrupt Fintech’s Big Sponsor

German fintech Wirecard collapses amid fraud allegations.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

A New Era For The WTO?

Over half a dozen candidates are vying to succeedRoberto Azevêdo as head of the World Trade Organization.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

More Than 100 Countries Seek IMF Assistance

The IMF expects the global economy to contract about 3% this year, which would be the deepest one-year decline since the 1930s.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Canada’s New Bank Governor Tackles Economic Chaos

Tiff Macklem, a former senior deputy governor at the Bank of Canada as well as a former dean of the Rotman School of Management, tookthe top spot at the bank on June 3.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Iraq’s New Prime Minister Under Scrutiny

The new prime minister’s resolve to tackle runaway government salaries faces an early test.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Peru’s Rock Star Finance Minister

With a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University, the 35-year-old was appointed to the cabinet of president Martin Vizcarra last October.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Roberto Azevêdo A Hard Act To Follow

Azevêdo leaves behind a mixed legacy and his successor faces huge challenges.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Central Banking During A Crisis

Viral V. Acharya, C.V. Starr Professor of Economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business and a former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, speaks with Global Finance about the fallout of the coronavirus epidemic.

Features

Necessity Gives Birth To Invention

How governments and banks huddled to keep liquidity and connectivity up as the pandemic hit the world economy.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Central Banks Bold Cuts Leave No Room For Encore

Many central banks have cut interest rates to zero or less and the crisis is just beginning.