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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.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

WTO: Landmark IT Trade Deal First In 18 Years

Tariffs on hundreds of information technology (IT) goods—201, to be precise—will be slashed starting next year as a result of a sweeping agreement in July by member nations of the World Trade Organization.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Appointment Further Strains Russia / Ukraine Relations

Newsmakers | Ukraine Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have run high since late 2013, when Russia resisted Ukrainian efforts to move out of the Russian sphere of influence and toward the West.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Currency Swings Squash Quarterly Earnings

Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange The surging dollar, falling euro and plunging emerging-markets currencies had a record $32 billion negative impact on the earnings of companies in North America and Europe in the first quarter, according to Scottsdale, Arizonabased FiREapps, which helps corporations measure and manage foreign exchange exposure.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Diversification And Data

At the beginning of the summer, credit insurance company Coface issued its monthly list of upgrades and downgrades of country risk.