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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Reforms May Constrain Future Economic Growth

NEWSMAKERS: GLOBAL By Laurence Neville The focus of regulatory reform in the wake of the financial crisis has inevitably been on the banking sector. Equally, most analysis of regulatory reform has addressed the impact of regulatory change on ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Emerging and Frontier Markets

FACING UP TO THE CHALLENGE The fast-growing and dynamic economies of the emerging and frontier markets represent mouth-watering opportunities and daunting challenges for the world’s established multinationals. Only the best prepared will survive. By Amy E. Buttell ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Features: Analysis – Accounting Standards

CONVERGENCE OR CONVERSION? Multinational corporations face a less confusing future as US and international groups work toward accounting standards convergence. By Amy E. Buttell After 15 long months, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Mapping The Bank Regulation Maze

COVER STORY: BANKING Bankers and regulators are beginning to lay out the future structure of the global financial industry. In the short term, it is set to be a deeply confusing place. By Nick Kochan It ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Cover Story: PAYING FOR THE GREEN REVOLUTION

Paying For The Green Revolution Huge investments will be required to enable the world to make the transition to renewable energy sources to cut greenhouse gas emissions and stave off an environmental disaster. By Gordon Platt There ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Newsmakers: Poor Compliance Sows Seeds Of Next Financial Meltdown

Global By Anita Hawser Johns: Compliance is key to avoiding another crash Senior banking and compliance officers surveyed by compliance solutions provider Complinet are already talking about the next financial crisis, which they believe will happen within ...

Banking

Banks under fire

Tomorrow’s Battleground For Banks Banks and regulators worldwide are starting the new decade at loggerheads, but signs are slowly beginning to emerge that point to the future shape of regulation. By Nick Kochan Banks are on the ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Looking ahead: shifting sands

Shifting Sands Global Finance takes a long, hard look at the prospects for the coming decade. By Dan Keeler The first decade of the 21st century began with the spectacular and painful collapse of the dot-com bubble ...

Banking

Newsmakers: Copenhagen Conference Reveals Deep Rifts Over Climate Change

Europe/Global By Anita Hawser Trouble ahead: Delegates failed to secure a binding treaty in Copenhagen In mid-December political leaders, environmental scientists, NGOs and lobbyists converged on Copenhagen to try to hammer out a global agreement on climate change. ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Reforms May Constrain Future Economic Growth

Emerging and Frontier Markets

Features: Analysis – Accounting Standards

Mapping The Bank Regulation Maze

Cover Story: PAYING FOR THE GREEN REVOLUTION

Newsmakers: Poor Compliance Sows Seeds Of Next Financial Meltdown

Banks under fire

Looking ahead: shifting sands

Newsmakers: Copenhagen Conference Reveals Deep Rifts Over Climate Change

Cover Story: Emerging Powerhouses

Cover Story: The Power Of Hope

Central Bankers Report Cards 2008