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The World’s Best Digital Bank Awards 2015
This is the 16th year Global Finance has named the World’s Best Digital Banks and details on all First Round winners will be published in the September issue.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Companies Lock In Low Rates For 100 Year Bonds And Longer
Capital Markets | Debt
Jaws dropped in June, when scandal-plagued Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company, announced plans to come to market with a 100-year bond. Who in their right mind would lend $2.5 billion for a century to an emerging markets company that in April wrote off $17 billion in overvalued assets and billions more in bribes?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Currency Swings Squash Quarterly Earnings
Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange
The surging dollar, falling euro and plunging emerging-markets currencies had a record $32 billion negative impact on the earnings of companies in North America and Europe in the first quarter, according to Scottsdale, Arizonabased FiREapps, which helps corporations measure and manage foreign exchange exposure.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
European Commission To Streamline & Strengthen Tax Regime
Management | Tax Policy
In an effort to clamp down on tax avoidance by multinationals, the European Commission has announced plans to revive a proposal to unify the corporate tax base across Europe.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
First Digital Corporate Bond Uses Blockchain Technology
Capital Markets | Debt
Overstock.com, a Utah-based online retailer, issued the first digital corporate bond using blockchain technology—the same technology that supports cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Forging New Economies
GCC Regional Report 2015 | Special Economic Zones
Special economic zones are allowing GCC countries to diversify their economies away from oil and provide jobs to their citizenry.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
GCC Regional Report 2015
Introduction
Regional wealth funds, free-trade zones and the Saudi Stock Exchange are expected to boost GCC economic growth and spur development—even if oil doesn’t cooperate.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
GCC Sees Its Future In Trade
GCC Regional Report 2015 | Trade
GCC With oil prices not expected to top $100 a barrel anytime soon, breaking down trade barriers is the one sure way to boost the GCC’s economic prospects.
Banking
Indian Banks Get Sharper Teeth
Capital Markets | Debt/Equity
India’s banks—both private and state-run—have been given a powerful tool to deal with bad loans.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MERS Outbreak Threatens South Korea’s Economy
Trends | Economy & Disease
In May, South Korea reported its first case of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). The death toll had climbed to 24 as we went to press, making it the largest outbreak outside of Saudi Arabia, where the strain was first reported in 2012.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Money Market Funds: Re-Weight And See
Corporate Cash | Money Market Funds
Despite plenty of corporate pushback, the SEC’s controversial money market reform will be more headache than hardship for corporate investors.
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NigeriaThe African Express
Country Report | Nigeria
Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy, but the recent slump in oil prices has halved government revenues. The new Buhari government must now ensure the country’s economic roller coaster ride does not grind to a complete halt.