Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
African Infrastructure Projects Spur FDI Investment
As Africa improves transport and telecommunications links, it’s creating countless opportunities for foreign direct investment.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
African Slowdown Now, Long-Term Positive
No region of the world has generated an average annual growth rate of 5.5% over the past 20 years—except Africa. In sub-Saharan Africa, GDP has expanded by 40% since 2009.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
At the UN Global Compact, Kingo Must Sustain Gains
Newsmakers | United Nations
When the United Nations Global Compact was launched 15 years ago at the New York Stock Exchange, Lise Kingo was entrenched on the corporate responsibility frontline in Europe.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Brazil and Beyond
Neil Shearing, chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economics, visited Global Finance on September 10, just as Standard & Poor’s cut Brazil’s public debt to junk level. We asked him about the outlook for that country and other emerging markets.
Banking
Central Banker Report Cards 2015
Global Finance’s annual evaluation of the work of the world’s central bankers found some stellar performances, and some dismal ones. The toughest challenge for many: propping up falling prices.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Companies Prefer Performance-Based Compensation
Executive Pay | Since the global financial crisis of 2008, corporate boards have been under pressure to tie executive pay to performance.
Banking
Continental Divide In Latin America
Regional Report | Latin America
The large economies on the east coast of Latin America—Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina—are slumping badly. Things are far different out west.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Cuba and the US: Back In Business?
Regional Report | As relations between Cuba and the United States get friendlier, the economic outlook of the island is also improving.
Banking
Diversifying Africa To Stay Afloat
African nations can no longer get by on mineral wealth and commodities alone—and they know it.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets Turmoil: Tempest In A Teapot?
Capital Outflows | The meltdown in China’s stock market this summer and steep falls in many emerging markets currencies led some investors to wonder if another 1997 Asian crisis was brewing.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Guatemala Stability Amid Instability
Guatemala’s political turmoil, with parties deadlocked in Parliament, a runoff election looming and corruption scandals exploding, means the government will operate in a kind of suspended animation until 2016.
