Banking
ECB STRESS TESTS FAIL THE CREDIBILITY TEST
<strong>European Banking | Trends</strong><br />
The degree to which the recent stress tests of big European banks by EU regulators lack credibility is becoming clear.<br />
Economics, Policy & Regulation
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
EDITOR’S LETTER: REDEFINING EMERGING MARKETS
For many years <strong>Global Finance </strong>has regularly covered emerging markets and frontier markets. This annual issue of the magazine, which is focused on the EM, goes a bit further. We analyze these markets regionally, but we also question the prevalent definition of emerging markets.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET FACES CULTURAL CHANGE IN WAKE OF FIXING SCANDAL
<strong>Foreign Exchange | Capital Markets</strong><br />
How to take the gaming instinct out of foreign exchange traders has become the order of the day, following last month’s imposition of $4.3 billion in fines on six global banks for manipulating currency benchmarks.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
HUNGARY: PROTESTS FORCE PM TO SHELVE INTERNET TAX
<strong>Hungary | Milestones</strong><br />
Hungary has witnessed the biggest street protests since the current right-wing government came to power in 2010, against the government’s plans to tax Internet traffic, the world’s first such levy.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
IMPROVING ASIAN PRODUCTIVITY
<strong>Asia-Pacific | Emerging Markets Regional Review</strong><br />
Structural changes in emerging Asia’s manufacturing-for-export markets are erasing the low-cost advantage.
Award Winners
KEEPING DATA SAFE: PAOLO DI GRAZIA, FINECOBANK
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
LANDMARK ENVIRONMENTAL PACT YET TO BE TESTED BY CONGRESS
<strong>US & China | Milestones</strong><br />
“This is a major milestone in the US-China relationship, and it shows what’s possible when we work together on an urgent global challenge.”
Economics, Policy & Regulation
LATIN AMERICA: END OF THE BOOM ERA?
<strong>Latin America | Emerging Markets Regional Review</strong><br />
After years of strong growth, many key markets in Latin America are faltering. Although overall the region is no longer producing the high growth it once did, a number of markets continue to rise to new heights.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MASALA BOND PROMOTES INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE RUPEE
<strong>India | Capital Markets</strong><br />
The rupee realizes international ambitions. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) sold its first rupee-denominated bonds in London in November to attract international investment in India’s infrastructure.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
MIDEAST: REDUCING HYDROCARBON DEPENDENCE
<strong>Middle East | Emerging Markets Regional Review</strong><br />
The drop in oil prices is likely to affect public spending in the rentier states of the Persian Gulf, and pressure is mounting on governments to reduce economic dependency on hydrocarbons.<br />
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
OIL-RICH VENEZUELA FORCED TO IMPORT CRUDE
<strong>Venezuela | Milestones</strong><br />
Venezuela, home to the world’s largest oil reserves at 298 billion barrels, is having a tough time getting the stuff out of the ground.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
PAKISTAN: CHANGE NEEDED TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT
<strong>Pakistan | Frontier Markets Focus</strong><br />
Pakistan’s ability to attract both foreign direct and domestic investment fell dramatically during the past decade. Some of the reasons why still apply.