Banking
Global Finance Names The Innovators 2016
Global Finance’s editors recognize innovation in Trade Finance, Corporate Finance, Transaction Services, Foreign Exchange and Islamic Finance.
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Banking
ADB Meeting In The Heart Of Europe
<strong>Asian Development Bank Section: ADB Annual Meeting</strong><br />
Last year’s historic Asian Development Bank (ADB) annual meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan saw the bank and member countries commit to a wide range of goals and reforms.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Bankers Say Negative Rates Could Harm Financial System
<strong>Capital Markets | Fixed Income</strong><br />
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.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Barclays To Sell Africa Business
Capital Markets | Regulation<br />
“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.
Features
Blockchain Voyages Of Discovery
<strong>Special Report: Fintech</strong><br />
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.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFO’s See Big Change Ahead
<strong>Management | Technology and Change</strong><br />
In the not-so-distant future, they believe, the corporate world will look very different than it does now.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFO’s The New Renaissance Men
<strong>Management | CFO's</strong><br />
A recent report by global consulting firm KPMG was titled, Introducing the Renaissance CFO.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China’s Onshore Bond Market Opens Up
<strong>Capital Markets | Fixed Income</strong><br />
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.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Dalian Wanda Creates World’s Biggest Theater Chain
<strong>Trends | Movies</strong><br />
China’s richest man goes to Hollywood and buys it.
Features
Djibouti Aiming High
<strong>Frontier Markets Report</strong><br />
Djibouti is a small country with ambitious plans, which it hopes to achieve by attracting large amounts of foreign direct investment.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Earnings Pressures May Spur Us Bank Mergers
<strong>Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions</strong><br />
A need by banks to address weak earnings could result in increased merger activity in 2016, according to Fitch Ratings.
Features
Global Market Turmoil May Open Doors
<strong>Special Report | Depositary Receipts</strong><br />
Capital market reform bodes well for depositary receipt issuers and foreign investors.