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Bankers Say Negative Rates Could Harm Financial System

Capital Markets | Fixed Income The European Central Bank pushed its deposit rate deeper into negative territory in March, even as commercial bankers cautioned that such an unorthodox move could undermine their profitability and disrupt their role as financial intermediaries while doing little to boost lending or the economy.

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Barclays To Sell Africa Business

Capital Markets | Regulation “Nothing will make us deviate or change our course. We are not exiting our operations in any of our African markets,” declared Maria Ramos, CEO of Barclays Africa.

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Blockchain Voyages Of Discovery

Special Report: Fintech As banks rush to find areas where the blockchain can save them time and money while creating opportunities, it’s hard to see exactly how this might shape future banking processes.

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CFO’s See Big Change Ahead

Management | Technology and Change In the not-so-distant future, they believe, the corporate world will look very different than it does now.

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CFO’s The New Renaissance Men

Management | CFO's A recent report by global consulting firm KPMG was titled, Introducing the Renaissance CFO.

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China’s Onshore Bond Market Opens Up

Capital Markets | Fixed Income China’s $7.4 trillion onshore bond market, the third-largest in the world, is opening to foreign institutional investors in the latest step by China to integrate its capital markets into the global financial system.

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Dalian Wanda Creates World’s Biggest Theater Chain

Trends | Movies China’s richest man goes to Hollywood and buys it.

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Djibouti Aiming High

Frontier Markets Report Djibouti is a small country with ambitious plans, which it hopes to achieve by attracting large amounts of foreign direct investment.

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Earnings Pressures May Spur Us Bank Mergers

Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions A need by banks to address weak earnings could result in increased merger activity in 2016, according to Fitch Ratings.

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Global Market Turmoil May Open Doors

Special Report | Depositary Receipts Capital market reform bodes well for depositary receipt issuers and foreign investors.

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Middle East Supplement 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview | A High-Stakes Poker Game Islamic Finance | Bridging The Digital Divide Sovereign Wealth Funds |...

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Peru’s Economy On A Roll

Trends | Peru There is no stopping Peru’s economy.