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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

‘GOOGLE TAX’ ON MULTINATIONALS HEATS UP GLOBAL CORPORATE TAX DEBATE

UK Corporate Tax | Trends Britain likely will succeed in taxing multinational companies at a 25% rate on their UK operations beginning in April, without violating international tax treaties, analysts say, but tensions are rising between countries on suspicions that MNCs are engaging in global tax evasion.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The UK’s Google Tax: Much Ado About Nothing?

George Osborne,Chancellor of the exchequer in the United Kingdom unveils the outline of a “Google tax”.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Cybersecurity – 2015’s Top Priority

Last year ended with a data breach of the US retailer Target, this year "The Sony Hack". What will 2015 hold for cyberattacks and cybersecurity?

Economics, Policy & Regulation

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING FIGHTER CHAIRS KEY VATICAN UNIT

Vatican | Newsmakers René Brülhart, known as the “James Bond of the financial world” for his high-profile role in cases such as the return of assets from Saddam Hussein to post-war Iraq and the uncovering of the Siemens bribery scandal, has become chairman of the Vatican’s anti-money-laundering unit.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ARGENTINA’S TAX DEPARTMENT STRIPS PROCTER & GAMBLE LICENSE

Corporate Tax | Management Approximately 500 American companies operate in Argentina—but on November 3 that number abruptly decreased by one as the country’s tax authority, the Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP) revoked the company’s registration, accusing P&G of tax and accounting fraud.

Award Ceremonies and Events

BEST BANKS AWARDS CEREMONY 2014

Global Finance held its 18th Annual Best Banks Awards ceremony in Washington in October—during the Annual IMF/World Bank conference. Honorees from around the world were present to accept their awards.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

CEE: STRUCTURAL REFORMS NEEDED

Central & Eastern Europe | Emerging Markets Regional Review Central and Eastern Europe has come a long way in the past 25 years, but the region must overcome some significant obstacles in 2015—particularly as Russia’s conflict with Ukraine continues.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CHANGING ECONOMIC CLIMATE OF EMERGING MARKETS

Seeking A New Paradigm | Emerging Markets Growth To ascertain whether emerging markets is an obsolete term, we must first understand what it means.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CHINA EASES INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

China | Milestones China will allow foreign firms to increase their ownership stakes in encouraged sectors and enter into previously protected industries, according to investment guidelines drafted by the National Development and Reform Commission.

Banking

ECB STRESS TESTS FAIL THE CREDIBILITY TEST

European Banking | Trends The degree to which the recent stress tests of big European banks by EU regulators lack credibility is becoming clear.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EDITOR’S LETTER: REDEFINING EMERGING MARKETS

For many years Global Finance 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

Foreign Exchange | Capital Markets 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.