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FOREIGN EXCHANGE: CURRENCY PEGS THREATENED AS POLICY GOALS DIVERGE

Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange Currency pegs around the world are threatening to come unglued following the Swiss National Bank’s surprise move to drop the exchange rate floor of the euro versus the Swiss franc.

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GREECE: VAROUFAKIS SEEKS OUT A WINNING STRATEGY

Newsmakers | Greece Following political party Syriza’s triumph in the recent Greek elections, Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, faces the most critical match of his career.

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M&A: DEAL KILLERS OF 2014

Mergers & Acquisitions | Management Amid the merger frenzy of 2014, a startling number of bids were killed. 2014 may have seen heady times for corporate acquirers, but it was also the year of the rebuffed suitor.

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RATING AGENCIES: S&P SETTLEMENT UNLIKELY TO BRING ANY CHANGE FOR CORPORATE ISSUERS

Trends | Credit Ratings More than six years after the housing market crashed—dragging the world economy and stock markets down with it—Standard & Poor’s settled in early February with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its alleged part in triggering the meltdown. The price was relatively cheap, as these things go: $1.4 billion with no admission of wrongdoing.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Brazil: Correcting Its Fiscal Slippage

In a presentation in New York on February 18—his first official visit to the US since his appointment—Brazil’s Finance minister Joaquim Levy said that Brazilians are learning by doing.

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BATTLE ROYAL BETWEEN DUPONT AND ACTIVIST SHAREHOLDER TRIAN

Management | Shareholder Activism A battle is heating up ahead of the DuPont’s annual shareholders meeting, planned for April.

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CHINA, THE RENMINBI AND THE WORLD

Market Report | China The globalization of China’s currency continues at a rapid pace, as regulations ease cash pooling, renminbi trade finance accelerates, and the dim sum bond market goes gangbusters.

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EU TAX REFORM: VAT REGULATION HITS SMES

Milestones | European Union Regulators had Web giants like Google and Apple in their sites when they framed a new value-added tax (VAT) regulation for businesses selling digital products into the European Union

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INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE: BRIDGING THE GLOBAL GAP

Cover Story As economic growth languishes and worries about the specter of deflation mount, much-needed infrastructure development and new sources of project financing could provide a panacea to global growth.

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SEPA: A SPRINGBOARD TO REAL-TIME PAYMENTS

Special Report | SEPA With SEPA migration projects mostly completed, it is time for treasurers to start thinking about the next steps in regulatory compliance and process automation.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

BRAZILIAN ECONOMY: CAN LEVY HELP IT TURN A CORNER?

Brazil | Newsmakers Joaquim Levy, Brazil’s newly appointed minister of Finance, will need to muster all his skills to navigate the rough waters of Brazilian domestic politics and restore the public budget surplus that made the country a darling of Wall Street investors.

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CFO INTERVIEW: MURAT ERDEN, TURKCELL

Global Finance sat down with Murat Doan Erden, Turkcell Group’s chief financial officer, to discuss the economic and business outlook for Turkey and the challenges confronting Turkish corporates.