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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

Taiwan Report | Strait Shooters

China’s rattling of sabers may be causing tension in Taiwan, but the country’s currency is on the rise.

Award Winners

The Digital Bank Transformers

Banks are rolling out digital products at a dizzying pace—and in the process, reinventing the industry.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The Hungary Games

CEE Regional Report The unorthodox policies of prime minister Viktor Orbán may be controversial, but they’ve helped kick-start the country’s economy. Most of the other CEE nations are also mounting turnarounds..

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

UK: London Guilty Verdict Sends Shockwaves Through System

When former UBS and Citigroup derivatives trader Thomas Hayes was found guilty last month on all eight charges of conspiracy to manipulate Libor, it was the verdict heard around the world.

Features

Uruguay Regional Champ

Wedged between Brazil and Argentina—two neighbors with serious economic problems—Uruguay is an attractive foreign direct investment alternative in Latin America.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

US: P&G Promotes Insider To CEO Amid Major Revamp

In the midst of a radical overhaul of its operations, Procter & Gamble will undergo a key leadership change in the fall. As of November 1, company insider David Taylor will take over as CEO from A.G. Lafley, who has held the position from 2000 to 2009 and from 2013 to the present.