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Political Hurdles Plague Trade Agreement

The sixth round of talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union was held in Brussels on July 18 just as winds of political change have begun sweeping across the two continents.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MODI: OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR A NEW INDIA

COVER STORY | INDIA As prime minister Narendra Modi begins his term in office, global market watchers are hopeful that it could signal a sea change for India’s governance, economy and friendliness to business. But most are tempering that enthusiasm with a dose of skepticism.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ASIA: READING THE TEA LEAVES

REGIONAL FOCUS | EMERGING ASIA The bigger the opportunity, the bigger the risk. This certainly holds true for frontier and emerging economies in Asia. Finding the right balance between the two is a key challenge for multinationals looking to invest there.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

COLOMBIA’S ECONOMIC SUNNY SKIES MAY CLOUD OVER

COLOMBIA Juan Manuel Santos’ second term as president of Colombia might prove a bit harder than his first—and not only because he won this election with a lower majority.

Banking

ECONOMIC AFTERSHOCKS

DEAR READER Geopolitical instability seems to be everywhere these days, whether we look to North Africa and the Middle East or Eastern Europe, to Southern Asia or Southeast Asia, and it weighs on financial markets and policymakers worldwide.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FIRST GLOBAL STANDARD SET FOR REVENUE RECOGNITION

FINANCE & CAPITAL | MANAGEMENT: Accounting

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FOREIGN INVESTORS WARY OF THAI MILITARY COUP LEADER

THAILAND When Thailand’s general Prayuth Chan-ocha seized power in a military coup in late May, he didn’t rely on the element of surprise

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

INDIA TO LIBERALIZE ISSUANCE RULES FOR DRS

FINANCE & CAPITAL | CAPITAL MARKETS: DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

NIGERIA: LIGHTING UP THE POWER SECTOR

COUNTRY REPORT | NIGERIA Nigeria lacks one key element for stellar growth: a power sector commensurate with its prospects.

Banking

PORTUGAL: BACK FROM THE BRINK?

COUNTRY REPORT With strong underpinnings for reform now in place, Portugal is seeing signs of economic improvement. But now that it has increased exports, will greater vulnerability to global trade winds haunt growth?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

RUSSIA REAPS REWARDS FOR STEADY CHINESE COURTSHIP

RUSSIA/CHINA The recent raft of Chinese investments into Russia following president Putin’s May visit to Shanghai might look like a rapid response to counter Western sanctions.

Banking

SIBOS 2014: BIRD’S EYE VIEW

SIBOS SUPERSECTION 2014 | INTRODUCTION The Sibos financial services conference—sponsored each year by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)—will be held in Boston this year in September and, according to organizers, is likely to have a record turnout of attendees and media.