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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Africa: Powering Up In Ethiopia

Iceland’s Reykjavik Geothermal will launch a $2 billion project in July to build a power plant on an imploded volcano in Ethiopia’s Rift Valley. The plant, slated to begin operations by 2020, will have a generation capacity of 500 megawatts of electricity.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Balkans: Leaders See Eye To Eye

MILESTONES By Justin Keay Not long ago, it would have been almost impossible to get the leaders of the various...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

China: Reform Is On The Agenda

China’s leaders set out their policy priorities in March during the annual National People’s Congress, promising further reform while pledging to maintain the current growth rate.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover: The Global Trade Backlash

Multinational corporations lobbied hard for preferential agreements under proposed Asian and European trade pacts. But the result may be more than they bargained for.

Banking

Global Salon: Richard Bove

THE BIG, THE BAD AND THE SAFEST By Hilary Johnson At Global Finance s monthly Salon, Richard Bove, bank analyst...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Italy: Ex-OECD Exec Takes Finance Reins

NEWSMAKERS By Valentina Pasquali Headed by 39-year-old prime minister Matteo Renzi, Italys new government is the youngest in the countrys...

Banking

Italy: Remodeling The Vatican Bank

MILESTONES By Luca Ventura The oldest multinational in the world is about to get a substantial makeover. The news came on February 24th, when its CEO, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, also known as pope Francis, issued a Motu Proprio, ...

Features

KAZAKHSTAN: GRANDIOSE AMBITIONS

Getting rid of the “stan” on the end of his country’s name is just one of the many ambitions Kazakhstan’s leader has for his increasingly prosperous country.

Banking

Nigeria: CB Governor Ouster Poses Risks

NEWSMAKERS By Efraim Chalamish When central bank governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi announced in February that $20 billion in Nigerian oil...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Peru: Hitting The Golden Years

MILESTONES By Tiziana Barghini Ranked 91st by the World Economic Forum for the relatively poor quality of its infrastructure, Peru...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Tax: The Cost Of Evasion

Corporate tax evasion is like the weather: Everyone complains about it, but what is being done and what does it mean for corporations?

Banking

The 411 on Anti-Money-Laundering

Given the spate of recent fines by UK and US regulators against banks for failure to comply with anti-money laundering...