Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Technology As Pixie Dust
<strong>Cross-Border Payments</strong> | Magic is only for fairy tales, but new technologies promise a magical transformation in cross-border payments.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Blockchain To Ease Compliance Burdens
Fintech collaborations may be on the verge of yielding concrete solutions for monitoring and compliance.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Data Protection Officers Needed In Europe
European Union regulation will likely spark a talent war for data protection officers -- andlead to a shortage.
Banking
Economic Reforms Sweep Gulf States
These are exciting times for the nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), as the decline in oil revenues is forcing them to finally make dramatic changes to their oil-based economies.
Country Report
Hanging On, Portugal Staves Off Downgrade
<strong>PORTUGAL | </strong>With a hefty debt overhang, Portugal can’t quit now on structural reform.
Data
Head Start On Diversification Eases UAE’s Transition
From financial services to healthcare to tourism, the Emirates is exploring and expanding into new non-oil businesses.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Israeli Bankers Quit Over Salary Cap
Highly compensatedIsraeli bank executives feel harried by a new law placing limits on their salaries.
Data
Kuwait Takes Action
Striving to shake its oil dependence, Kuwait is opening up to foreign ownership. Will investors bite?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MSCI Tells China To Wait, May Reclassify Nigeria
China’s recent efforts to make it easier for global investors to access its enormous stock markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen were not enough to persuade MSCI to include these “China A shares” in its widely followed Emerging Markets Index just yet.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Peru’s New President Seeks Unity After Tight Race
<strong>Peru </strong>| Even though Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was elected Peru’s new president by a whisker, his victory was greeted with enthusiasm at home and abroad.
Award Winners
Q&A Regulatory Pressure, Demand For Seamless Technology Drive Change
Samir Pandiri, executive vice president and CEO of asset servicing at BNY Mellon, explains how regulations and demand for seamless products are driving innovation.
Award Winners
Q+A: Innovating With Peer-To-Peer Securities Lending
Paul Fleming, executive vice president and global head of securities finance at State Street, sees securities lenders experimenting to meet the cost of complying with Basel III. banking rules.