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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Goldman Sachs Embraces Online Consumer Lending

Ever since it became a bank holding company in 2008 to stay afloat in the financial crisis, the bank was urged by US Federal Reserve to rely more on ‘sticky’ consumer deposits to lower its risk profile.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Insurance Bonds | Counting The Cost Of Natural Disasters

According to various catastrophe risk-modeling services, estimates of the damage caused by Irma alone now range between $40 billion–$50 billion.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A | DowDuPont Bows To Pressure From Activist Investors

The company haschanged plans to split into three separate companies following the merger between Dow Chemicals and DuPont.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

M&A | Trump Blocks China Semiconductor Deal

The US administration cited national security concerns in following the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS), which could get new powers to increase scrutiny of deals by foreign buyers.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

US Manufacturing | The Reshoring Is Real, The Jobs Are Not

As costs rise in developing countries, and automation eliminates the most mindless tasks, some manufacturing and service businesses are going home—but with greatly reduced labor needs.

Banking

Annual Survey | Monetary Policy Strives For Normalcy

Global Finance grades the world’s central bank governors on how well they have performed in the past year.

Features

Turkey Keeps On Growing | Where Is The Economic Bust?

The country's economy has proven remarkably resilient after a series of crises rocked the country.

Banking

Turkey | An Islamic Banking Surge

Shariah-compliant finance is growing in Turkey, and Ankara is planning new rules to help guide the market.

Features

Turkey | Now Among World’s Top Donor Nations

Turkey has become the world’s most generous nation, going from development assistance recipient to top donor in just over a decade.

Banking

Turkey’s Bank Resurgence | Can It Last

Turkey’s banking authorityBDDK said total banking assets had increased 7.3% since the end of 2016, reaching a total of $826 billion.

Features

The World’s Best Cities to Live In 2017

If all the world is your oyster, where do you want to clam down? Maybe not the world’s most prominent urban centers, based on a Global Finance review of global best city to live in ranking by 3 experts’ work in the field.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

2017 Could Be A Record Year For Arab Fintech

Some of this year’s biggest deals include $20 million for Bahraini payment solution PayTabs, $3.5 million for Emirati finance-comparison platform yallacompare and $1.5 million for Emirati mobile-banking solution NOW Money.