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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Peru’s New President Seeks Unity After Tight Race

Peru | 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.

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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.

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Q+A: Regulations Re-Shaping Subcustody

Lee Waite, global head of direct custody and clearing at Citi, discusses the challenges in subcustody sparked by regulators’ increasing focus on worldwide financial transactions.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Sovereign Bonds Fly High On Low Rates

As sovereign issuers tried to lock in record-low interest rates ahead of any increases by the US Federal Reserve, a recordamount of new sovereign bonds was sold in the first part of 2016.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Swiss Success Highlights Infrastructure Neglect

After 17 years of construction, the Gotthard Base Tunnel, connecting Northern and Southern Europe through the Alps, opened to great fanfare on June 1, and shone a light on years of lax investment in infrastructure by European nations generally.

Banking

Scandal And Risk Drive Private Banks Out Of Russia

Facing reputational risk and poor prospects, private banking operations are bailing on Russia and encouraging its wealthy to park their assets offshore.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

How Brexit Might Play Out

Even though the votewas a long time coming, few really prepared for the UK choosingBrexit. Now, business executives and political players are guesstimating the most likely scenariosand speculating how it will play out.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Ailing Lending Club Shakes Up Shadow Banking Boardroom

Trends | Shadow Banking Renaud Laplanche, Lending Club’s founder, chief executive and public face, resigned abruptly in mid-May. His resignation casts a pall over not only the peer-to-peer lender that claims to be the world’s largest online marketplace connecting borrowers and investors, but also the shadow banking industry as a whole.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Assuming The Mantle Of Asia’s Financial Hub

Singapore has overtaken Hong Kong as Asia’s top financial center and now ranks third globally behind London and New York. This is the key takeaway from the latest Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), a ranking by British commercial think-tank Z/Yen Group.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corruption: Offer Jokes Instead Of Bribes

Management | Corruption At the anticorruption summit held in London last month, world leaders pledged to fight tax dodging, boost transparency and redouble efforts to confiscate and repatriate stolen assets to many of the world’s poorest countries.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

From Azerbaijan To Zambia, Country Ratings Slide

Capital Markets | Sovereign Risk Low energy and commodity prices and a global economy stuck in low gear have provoked a surge in sovereign ratings downgrades in the first three months of this year. And rating agencies anticipate another wave of downgrades if a wider global economic slowdown materializes.