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Countries With Highest GDP Growth 2017

Nauru, Ethiopia, Turkmenistan, Qatar, China and Uzbekistan are the countries with the fastest growing economies in the World as per IMF data for the last 10 years. Here is a complete list for the world's fastest growing economies in 2017 by GDP.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Iraq Welcomed Back To Global Debt Market

With an enticing yield of 6.75%, Iraq attracted $6.6 billion in orders for its $1 billion issue of five-and-a-half-year bonds in early August, its first independent bond sale in more than a decade.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Central Banker Report Cards 2017

In our October issue, Global Financepresents its latest annual grading of the world's central bank governors. Here, we present the nine who received an "A" grade in 2017: thosefrom Australia, Honduras, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Paraguay, Russia, Taiwan and the United States.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

More Rules Expected for ICOs After China Ban

Financial regulators the world over are beginning to take a closer look at digital currency Initial Currency Offers andcompaniesthat use them to raise funds.

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2017 Global Cash 25

Companies keep increasing their stashes of cash. Which companies were richest in 2017?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Banks Back Nurturing A Creative Culture In-House

By recognizing entrepreneurial talent and encouraging employees to step forward with ideas, banks get a chance to boost innovation fromwithin

Features

Central & Eastern Europe | Can Digital Tech Close The Gap?

What must be done to revive the CEE region’s competitive edge in high-tech innovation?

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Chain Reaction

Banks and corporate finance institutions are increasingly adopting blockchain, but grapple with a technology in rapid transition and with multiple adoption and regulatory challenges.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

New Accounting Rules Leave US Companies Guessing

US companies are scrambling to adjust to a change in accounting rules that has been more than a decade in the making.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

New Roles, New Metrics For CFOs

With the duties of chief financial officers growing in scope and complexity, evaluation and pay packages are changing too.

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Old-World Banking Woos Asia’s New Rich

Private bankers need new strategies to make themselves relevant to Asia’s wealth creators.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Renminbis International Use Falls Following Intervention

The Chinese central bank’s heavy-handed intervention in the currency markets earlier this year has triggered a decline in trading of the renminbi and a reversal in the rise of the Rmb in international payments.