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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

Legal Ed For Corporates Gains Steam

The intensifying regulatory environment has led more law schools to offerexecutive education programs thatfocuson law, ethics and compliance.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Monsanto Deal In Hand, Bayer Faces Regulators

In potentially the biggest foreign corporate takeover ever by a German company, Bayer seeks to buyMonsanto for 62 billion. Werner Bauman gets into agribusiness.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Pharma Prices Raise Eyebrows

<strong>US: </strong>Heather Bresch, the CEO of Mylan, an American pharmaceuticals company, finds herself at the center of one of the biggest pharma controversies in recent years: price-gouging.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Regulatory Scrutiny Scotches M&A Deals

The year 2016 is set to break a record for withdrawn global M&A deals, with regulators scotching several high-profile mergers.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Tax Clampdown Looks Beyond Apple

The EU hit Apple with a tax bill, but it's not the only company in regulators' sights.McDonalds, Facebook, Google and Amazonare being called on the carpet about tax practices too.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Tory Hints At Pivot To Exports

Although Liam Fox made headlines for sayingBritish businessmen are too lazy to boost exports, less extensively reported remarks by the UK’s international trade secretaryhint at a significant change in policy.