Economics, Policy & Regulation
DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES & RISKS
Overview
The drop in oil prices is having varied effects in the Middle East. How countries respond could determine their long-term prospects.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
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Banking
Five Minutes With Eduardo Suarez, Scotiabank
Capital Markets | Q&A
Eduardo Suárez, co-head of Latin America strategy in the Global Banking and Markets division of Scotiabank.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
LITHUANIA: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING COUNTRY
Frontier Markets Report | Lithuania
Dogged by high unemployment, Lithuania is losing young people at an alarming rate.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MOROCCO BUILDING A DYNAMIC FINANCIAL CENTER | COUNTRY REPORT
Country Report | Morocco
With a diversified economic base and improving fundamentals, Morocco has a sound fiscal strategy and well-thought-out reform program to cut red tape and boost trade. But further reform, says the IMF, is needed.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
REGIONAL HEAVYWEIGHTS | BEST PERFORMING COMPANIES
Global Finance’s first annual ranking of the top-performing companies in the Middle East shows how much of the region is still in the early stages of reducing its dependence on oil.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
RIVAS NEEDS TO WOO ESTONIA’S RUSSIAN MINORITY | NEWSMAKERS
Newsmakers | Estonia
Estonians handed victory to 35-year-old Taavi Rõivas and his center-right Reform Party in parliamentary elections on March 1.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
TIBET’S ECONOMY BOOMS AS REST OF CHINA SLOWS | MILESTONES
Milestones | Tibet
Amid a general slowdown in the Chinese economy, Tibet has emerged as the fastest-growing province in the country.
Awards
The World’s Best Banks of 2015 – Announcement
Andrea Fiano (Editor) & Denise Bedell (Executive Editor) of Global Finance announce The World's Best Banks of 2015, who the new & returning winners are,and our methodology.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
A TENSE NIGERIA PUSHES BACK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Milestones | Nigeria
A week before it was to take place, Nigeria’s presidential election was postponed for fear it would spark violence. The election was originally scheduled for February 14 but has been pushed back six weeks to March 28. The outcome of this delay is unclear.
Banking
ANDREW SPINDLER: BANKERS WITHOUT BORDERS
Global Salon
Global Finance sat down recently with Andrew Spindler, president and CEO of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps, which has spread the gospel of sound financial systems to the developing world for the better part of a quarter of a century.
Country Report
ANGOLA: SEEKING A NEW PATH
Country Report | Angola
Up until 2013, Angola's GDP, buoyed by booming oil revenues, grew by an average rate of 10.7%, reaching an all-time high of 23.2% in 2007. Now, as economic growth slows and the country’s financial coffers move from surplus to deficit, Angola is rethinking its dependence on “black gold.”
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ASIAN FDI: KEEP IT FLOWING
FDI & Economic Development Update | Asia
Inbound FDI was down globally last year, but the lion’s share went to Asia.