Banking
The First Shariah-Compliant Fintech Consortium
Theconsortium, calledALGO, will enable Islamic member banks to create fintech solutions in acost-effective and fast manner.
Features
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
All-Stock Deals Plummet In Cheap-Debt Environment
It is a dramatic drop compared not just to the 1990s, when stock-for-stock deals accounted for over half of all mergers, but also to 2016, when the average equaled 23.9% by dollar value.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Will Africa Deliver Growth For GE?
Even as General Electric looks to overhaul its business byselling assets and cutting back oncapital expenditure, it is stepping up its investmentin Africa—Nigeria in particular.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Women CFOs Still A Minority
While the percentage of female CFOs dipped slightly in 2017, more women were internally promoted to the CFO position.
Features
GAAP Gets A Bad Rap
There’s a growing push to replaceGenerally Accepted Accounting Principles with an accounting system that better reflects companies’ finances.
Features
Reader’s Choice | Top 5 Data Stories For 2017
Readers were looking for data driven stories in 2017 and we delivered.
Features
Reader’s Choice | Top 10 Features For 2017
Feature stories on economic evaluation of President Trump's first year in office to those capturing new trends in global trade and finance, fintech, the profession of auditing and global economy, were most popular with Global Finance readers.
Award Ceremonies and Events
Reader’s Choice | Top 5 Award Stories For 2017
Sincethe magazine'slaunchin 1987, Global Financeawards have become a benchmark forexcellence in financial sector verticals such as digital banking, foreign exchange, private bankingand trade finance. Here are the5 awards stories that got the most attention in 2017.
Features
M&As In 2018 | Expect New Records, More Deals
Asia-Pacific to show most M&A activity. Healthcare, consumer goods, technology sectors to see most deal action.
Features
Downside Risk Greater For Entrepreneurs Outside The US | Thornhill, Zell Lurie Institute
Stewart Thornhill, ED, Zell Lurie Institute, University of Michigan, visited Global Finance New York office to talk about the differencebetween entrepreneurial ecosystemin the US and the rest of the world and how cultural issues impact entrepreneurial mindset.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Japan Cuts Corporate Tax To Spur Growth, Investments
Japanapproved new carrot-and-stick tax measures to bring corporate tax down to 25% for companies that raise wages by 3%, and to as low as 20% for those that invest in new technologies such as ICT andinternet-of-things, on Thursday.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFO Plans For Tax Holiday Cash: Fast ROI
CFO survey finds roughly half of US companieswould bring back monies stashed offshore and seek to put it in fintech and high-yield investments.