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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cuba Says Welcome, But Bring Your Own Financing

Frontier Markets Report: Cuba Obstacles and contradictions mar Cuba’s environment for foreign direct investment, but its market offers a wealth of opportunity.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

For Greater Security, Hack Yourself

SECURITY | Cybersecurity forecasts predict more and stronger attacks on corporate and bank technology systems. One treatment: Inoculate by intentionally attacking your own system to find weaknesses before hackers do.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Masala Bonds Go Greener

INDIA | Introduced just a year ago, “green” masala bonds—offshore rupee-denominated bonds to fund private-sector investment addressing climate change—are hot.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Nearshoring Tide Rises In Europe

LOCATION TRENDS | Technology allows all sorts of work to be done anywhere.Many companies are taking advantage of this power to "nearshore" European operations from pricey major capitals to lower-cost locales.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Never Use A Hedge To Bet On Markets

Hedging Strategies | Billion-dollar fuel-hedging losses offer a counterintuitive lesson for corporates.

Features

Treasury & Cash Management Supplement 2016

Our annual overview of the treasury and cash management market gets into the details of regulation and compliance, cross-border payments, treasury technology innovations, know-your-customer rules and more. But we want to step back from the trees and look at the forest, too. So we reached out to some friends.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

US Firms Embrace Softer, More Frequent Reviews

HUMAN RESOURCES | Performance appraisals drive everyone nuts, but many US companies are doing them more often.

Features

Yahoo To Help Verizon Compete With Giants

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS | Verizon's purchase of Yahoo assets will help it build the strength it needs to compete with other telecomm/tech giants.

Banking

Global Finance Names The World’s 50 Safest Banks 2016

NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2016 — Global Finance has announced its 25th annual ranking of the World’s 50 Safest Banks. The full list of the 2016 safest banks appears on the following pages and will be published in the November issue.

Banking

Asia’s Private Banks Spend Now To Save Later

Private bankers looking to grow in Asia are investing heavily in innovation to stave off disruption, at the same time firms are also turning to technology to tackle more fundamental issues in the industry.

Banking

Alt Investments Tempt Asia’s Ultra Rich

The wealthy in Asia are ramping up their exposure to infrastructure investments, in a move that illustrates how disappointing returns from traditional asset classes are pushing yield-desperate investors into some of the most illiquid strategies.

Banking

Asia: More Wealthy, Fewer Wealth Managers

While Asia recently pulled ahead of the West as home to wealthy individuals, some private banks are pulling out, leaving the field to nimble local rivals and committed global Goliaths.