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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Transfer Pricing: A Risky Juggling Act

Transfer pricing—price-setting for sales within a corporate family—for maximum returns takes on heightened risk as governments crack down on creative tax-avoidance maneuvers.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Wells Fargo To Grow Online, Probably Close Branches

Tim Sloan, newCEO of Wells Fargo, will likely close branches and seek growth online, but even that may not be enough to helpthe San Francisco-based bank change direction in the wake of its cross-selling scandal.

Award Ceremonies and Events

World’s Best Central Bankers 2016

Global Finance presented awards to central bankers from around the globe who earned top grades in our annual report cards at a ceremony in Washington, DC, coinciding with the annual IMF/World Bank meetings.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Barclays Sells Down Africa Stake

UK-based Barclays has reduced its shareholding in Johannesburg-listed Barclays Africa from 62.3% to 50.1% this year and is believed to be seeking to reduce that stake further to around 20%.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Central Banker Report Cards 2016

Global Finance takes the world’s central bank governors to school in our annual “report cards” grading their economic stewardship.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Central Bankers: Have They Reached The Limits Of Their Power?

Central bank governors face the tough task of stimulating growth with monetary policy, which seems to have reached a natural limit. Only fiscal policy can set the stage for long-term expansion.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Countries Turn To VAT To Plug Tax Gap

Gulf nations are the latest in the growing number of countries implementing value-added taxes (VAT) on goods and services.<br />

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Inequality Is A Big Dipper

Study says income and wealth inequality, which have widened a lot in the past 30 years in the US and elsewhere, make recessions more severe because poor people, who have little or no savings and often flawed credit, sharply reduce consumption when facing a sudden drop in income.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Transfer Pricing: A Risky Juggling Act

Wells Fargo To Grow Online, Probably Close Branches

World’s Best Central Bankers 2016

Barclays Sells Down Africa Stake

Central Banker Report Cards 2016

Central Bankers: Have They Reached The Limits Of Their Power?

Countries Turn To VAT To Plug Tax Gap

Inequality Is A Big Dipper

Legal Ed For Corporates Gains Steam

Monsanto Deal In Hand, Bayer Faces Regulators

Pharma Prices Raise Eyebrows

Regulatory Scrutiny Scotches M&A Deals