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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Uncontested Abe: The Only Game In Town

Newsmakers | Japan Despite a less-than-stellar performance at the helm of the country, Japanese prime minister Shinz Abe was reelected in September to a second three-year term as the president of his Liberal Democratic Party.

Banking

Correspondent Banking Lives To See Another SIBOS

Regulators are starting to ask more questions about cross-border payment flows, which is forcing banks to have more nuanced conversations with their networks of correspondent banks.

Banking

A Devaluation In China—And More Turbulence

The recent devaluation of the renminbi by Chinese authorities is yet more proof that currency markets do not go on vacation in August.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Canada: Harper On The Ropes As Growth Falters, Elections Grow Near

Against the backdrop of a lackluster economy, Canadian voters will head to the polls on October 19—and it’s no shoe-in for incumbent prime minister Stephen Harper.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Data Wars

Global Salon At this point, it’s pretty much assumed that hackers are going to break into corporate computer networks. Global Finance talked with Michael Morris, chief Technology Officer of root9B, which offers cybersecurity services to corporate and government entities, about the war on digital attackers—and how businesses can retake some ground.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Global Enforcement Wave Hits Private Firms Hardest

Trends | Bribery & Corruption Anti-bribery and corruption enforcement efforts are picking up worldwide, with private firms more likely to be targeted, while large, state-owned enterprises are getting off easier, according to a report by Moody’s Investors Service.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Moving From CFO To CEO Hard Work, Study Finds

Management | Leadership Challenge Nearly two out of three chief financial officers worldwide aspire to become chief executives of their company, but relatively few succeed in occupying the corner office.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SEC Issues Pay-Ratio Disclosure Rule

Management | Compensation Gap Accounting: Some five years and 287,000 comments after the pay-ratio disclosure rule was included in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued the final regulation in August.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

State-Owned Companies, Financial Markets & The New Trade Deals

Trends | Sovereign Funds & Trade This summer US Congress passed a law giving president Barack Obama the authority to “fast-track” free-trade pacts such as the multinational Trans-Pacific Partnership (or TPP), which covers around 40% of trade in American goods and 60% of trade in Asian goods.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Uncontested Abe: The Only Game In Town

Correspondent Banking Lives To See Another SIBOS

A Devaluation In China—And More Turbulence

Canada: Harper On The Ropes As Growth Falters, Elections Grow Near

Data Wars

Global Enforcement Wave Hits Private Firms Hardest

Moving From CFO To CEO Hard Work, Study Finds

SEC Issues Pay-Ratio Disclosure Rule

State-Owned Companies, Financial Markets & The New Trade Deals

Taiwan Report | Strait Shooters

The Digital Bank Transformers

The Hungary Games