Economics, Policy & Regulation
Argentina: For A Few Dollars More
MILESTONES By Tiziana Barghini Argentina has it tough. With GDP growth expected to fall to approximately 1.5% this year (compared...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Join the global community of corporate and public-sector finance industry leaders reading Global Finance monthly in print.
Click Here
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Chile: Arenas Takes Finance Helm
NEWSMAKERS By Forrest Jones Alberto Arenas returns to government as Finance minister with some big plans for a country looking...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Cover: Emerging Markets Elections
By Laurence Neville Thirty-four developing countriesincluding all of the so-called Fragile Five nationswill have elections this year. Their results will...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Global: Galats Trade Effect At IFC
NEWSMAKERS By Anita Hawser One woman who worked hard to ensure that the wheels of global trade kept turning, even...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
India To Set Long-Term Inflation Target
EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Aaron Chaze For the first time ever, the Indian central bank, the Reserve Bank of India,...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Sri Lanka: Tapering Wont Affect Us
MILESTONES By Valentina Pasquali The US Federal Reserves gradual withdrawal from the unconventional monetary policies of the past few years...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
UK: Britain Is A Tax Haven
MILESTONES By Ronald Fink Fiat-Chryslers move from Italy to London, and the plans of other multinationals to relocate to the...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh: New Parliaments Legitimacy
MILESTONES By Thomas Clouse Bangladesh held national elections in early January despite escalating political violence and a boycott by opposition parties. The ruling party, the Awami League, easily kept control of parliament, with its candidates winning 232 of ...
Banking
Cover Story: The Volcker Effect
PROPRIETARY TRADING By Michael Shari Corporate clients of investment banks around the world could see a dramatic impact from the...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Global M&A Falls To Lowest Since 2009
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt The value of global mergers and acquisitions has failed to pick up, despite low interest rates and an improving global economy. Worldwide M&A totaled $2.4 trillion in 2013, a decline of 6% ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
NAFTA Turns Twenty: So Far, So Good?
MILESTONES By Forrest Jones Few things polarize policymakers like free-trade agreements, especially the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) linking...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
New Version Of Socialism In Cuba
MILESTONES By Valentina Pasquali Ever since Ral Castro took over from his brother Fidel in 2008, he has been opening...