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Economics, Policy & Regulation

India | Is The Bloom Off The Rose For Narendra Modi?

India | Indian prime minister Narendra Modi celebrated his one-year anniversary in office in May, but the jury is still out on whether he’ll justify the hope that has been invested his new government.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Israel’s Teva Bids $40 Billion For US Generic-Drug Rival

Capital Markets | M&A Pharmaceuticals In what could become Israel’s biggest cross-border M&A deal ever, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries made an unsolicited $40 billion offer to acquire Mylan, a Pennsylvania-based drugmaker registered in the Netherlands with operational headquarters in the UK.

Country Report

New Opportunities For Spanish Political Parties

Country Report | Spain The era of absolute majorities in Spanish politics is over.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Nicola Sturgeon, A Scottish Thorn In David Cameron’s Side

United Kingdom | Many questions are still being asked about David Cameron’s dramatic win on May 7. How did opinion polls, which predicted a tight race between Conservatives and Labour and even a Labour win, get it so wrong?

Banking

Offshore Blues For Private Banking

Special Report | Private Banking Offshore banking, the booking and management of assets outside an individual’s country of domicile, has taken a beating since the financial crisis.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Regulators Increase Scrutiny Amid Surge In Global M&A

Capital Markets | M&A Antitrust Antitrust authorities around the world are stepping up their merger-monitoring activities amid a boom in cross-border M&A. They’re increasingly requiring merging companies to divest assets to win approval for their deals. In some cases, complex requirements are causing corporates to abandon proposed combinations.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Renminbi | The Goal Of Convertibility

The European Union is still debating the nature of its common currency, the position of non-eurozone EU members like the UK, and the future of stressed eurozone countries like Greece. But the situation in other parts of the world is quite different.

Country Report

Spain | Pitfalls On The Road To Recovery

Country Report | Spain Spain’s economic resurgence has exceeded even the most optimistic expectations. But how sustainable is it, given structural inefficiencies, stubbornly high unemployment and the threat of external shocks?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Vietnam Devalues The Dong Amid An Improving Economy

Vietnam | In May, Vietnam’s central bank once again devalued the country’s currency, the dong—the second such adjustment since January.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Islamic Finance | Malaysian Sukuk Shows Sovereign Demand

There is no lack of demand for shariah-compliant financing, according to Mukhtar Hussain, deputy chairman and CEO of HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad.

Banking

ISLAMIC FINANCE HELD BACK BY LACK OF SUPERVISION, LIQUIDITY

Trends | Islamic Finance Islamic finance has seen tremendous growth over the past few decades.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

AFRICAN GROWTH | OIL ISNT EVERYTHING SAYS TSHABALALA AT STANDARD BANK

Global Finance had a chance to interview Sim Tshabalala in April. The joint chief executive of Standard Bank Group answered questions about Africa’s growth and the substantial demand for banking services on the continent.