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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.

Banking

SIBOS 2014: DIGITAL BY DESIGN

SIBOS SUPERSECTION 2014 | THE INNOVATORS Global Finance presents its second annual look at some of the key innovations over the past year within the transaction services space. We make use of the OECD’s Oslo Manual of Innovation, along with submissions, key research and the input of experts, to evaluate those banks and service providers that stand out in terms of innovation over the past year.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

WILL MARITIME CONFLICTS PUSH ASEAN TO NEW REGIONAL ROLE?

ASIA The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are faced with important decisions over the organization’s future amid increasing conflicts between China and member states over territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

WOULD SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE PUSH UP PUBLIC BORROWING RATES?

SCOTLAND The outcome of this September’s referendum on Scottish independence remains too close to call.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood – Terrorists?

Egypt's PresidentEl-Sisi may have made his job a lot tougher by branding the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

ANC OVERCOMES ECONOMIC DOLDRUMS TO WIN REELECTION

NEWSMAKERS: SOUTH AFRICA Zuma fights back despite public dissatisfaction with his presidency.

Banking

ECB GETS TO WORK ON ITS NEW EUROZONE BANK SUPERVISORY ROLE

MILESTONES: EUROPE The ECB grows up as it takes on bank supervisory powers.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

EDITOR’S LETTER: SANCTIONS AND GLOBAL DEALS

DEAR READER The return of growth in most of Europe and the renewed leadership of the US in economic advancement should not distract from critical developments in some of the major emerging economies.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY: SPILLOVER EFFECT

RISK MANAGEMENT: ENVIRONMENTAL INSURANCE The threat of corporate environmental liability incidents is increasing as new regulations—and new risks—take hold.

Banking

EUROPEAN STRESS TESTS MAY STILL BE TOO SOFT ON BANKS

Upcoming stress tests for Europe’s 124 largest banks will have more credibility than they had previously, but some analysts argue that banks may need far more capital than regulators demand to withstand a crisis. And any hoped-for international standardization in terms of stress testing is out the window as there is little comparability between the upcoming European and recently completed US bank tests.