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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Moving From CFO To CEO Hard Work, Study Finds

Management | Leadership Challenge Nearly two out of three chief financial officers worldwide aspire to become chief executives of their company, but relatively few succeed in occupying the corner office.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Saudi Arabia Taps Bond Market As Low Oil Prices Create Deficit

Capital Markets | Fixed Income Saudi Arabia has issued its first sovereign bonds since 2007 to help fund a widening budget deficit caused by continued spending amid low oil prices.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SEC Issues Pay-Ratio Disclosure Rule

Management | Compensation Gap Accounting: Some five years and 287,000 comments after the pay-ratio disclosure rule was included in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued the final regulation in August.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

State-Owned Companies, Financial Markets & The New Trade Deals

Trends | Sovereign Funds & Trade This summer US Congress passed a law giving president Barack Obama the authority to “fast-track” free-trade pacts such as the multinational Trans-Pacific Partnership (or TPP), which covers around 40% of trade in American goods and 60% of trade in Asian goods.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The Hungary Games

CEE Regional Report The unorthodox policies of prime minister Viktor Orbán may be controversial, but they’ve helped kick-start the country’s economy. Most of the other CEE nations are also mounting turnarounds..

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The Renminbi Inches Toward Reserve Currency Status

Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange The executive board of the International Monetary Fund recently held an informal meeting to discuss a staff report that found some deficiencies in the renminbi as a potential reserve currency.

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Uruguay Regional Champ

Wedged between Brazil and Argentina—two neighbors with serious economic problems—Uruguay is an attractive foreign direct investment alternative in Latin America.

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Global Finance Names The World’s Safest Banks 2015

PRESS RELEASES | SAFEST BANKS The World's 50 Safest Banks 2015 The World's 50 Safest Commercial Banks 2015 The Safest Banks 2015 By Country The Safest Islamic Financial Institutions In The GCC 2015 The Safest Banks In North America 2015 ...

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World’s Safest Banks 2015: Selection Methodology

Andrew Cunningham details the Selection Methodology used in our rankings for the World's Safest Banks 2015.

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Panelist Profile | Anju Patwradhan of Standard Chartered Bank

Panelist Profile – Anju Patwradhan of Standard Chartered Bank | Digital Bank Conference and Best Digital Bank Awards 2015 | Global Finance Magazine

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Panelist Profile | Carlos Gomes of ActivoBank

Panelist Profile – Carlos Gomes of ActivoBank | Digital Bank Conference and Best Digital Bank Awards 2015 | Global Finance Magazine

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Panelist Profile | Christian Bornfeld of Nordea Retail

Panelist Profile – Christian Bornfeld of Nordea Retail | Digital Bank Conference and Best Digital Bank Awards 2015