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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SEC REFORMS PREVENT CORPORATE TREASURIES FROM MOVING CASH QUICKLY

Trends | Money Market Reform Seven years have passed since investor panic during the financial crisis set off a run on money market funds. Since that time, the Securities and Exchange has adopted reforms aimed at reducing MMFs’ credit and interest rate risks and boosting their transparency.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

STRUCTURAL REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA: FDI MAGNET

FDI Update | FDI Magnet Countries that dismantled protec-tionist policies are still attracting FDI, despite the commodities bust. Others aren’t doing so well.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA OUTPACES BIGGER COMPETITORS

Regional Report | Africa Africa’s story is no longer that of a continent with great potential. Increasingly, the leaders and peoples of the continent, in collaboration with outsiders, are translating that potential into concrete achievements.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

TURKEY AT A CROSS-ROADS—AGAIN

Country Report | Turkey The country’s economy has stalled, just in time for a crucial parliamentary election.

Features

Demand Rising In Latin America As Issuance Slows

Economic headwinds have caused temporary slowdown of corporate issues in Latin America but demand for local debt continues growing.

Features

Brazil: Heading Towards Recession

Global Finance sat down with José Francisco de Lima Gonçalves, a professor of economics at São Paulo University and chief economist at Banco Fator, to discuss his views on Brazil in 2015.

Features

Supply Chain Disruptions: Balancing Risk and Resilience

Supply chain vulnerabilities can have long-term consequences, so a country’s resilience to disruptions is a major boon to companies seeking to locate operations.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ADB ANNUAL MEETING – HAPPY 50TH, ADB

Asia has become the world’s most dynamic region since the development bank first launched. But 1.6 billion Asians still cannot access basic services.

Banking

BASEL III TO CHANGE CASH POOLING PRACTICES

Management | Cash Management New liquidity rules for banks may force multinational clients to hold more cash in local branches.

Banking

BID BATTLE FOR PORTUGUESE BANK HEATS UP

Banking | Portugal/Angola A tug of war is developing over Portugal’s fourth-largest lender, Banco BPI, between its two largest shareholders.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CURRENCY TURMOIL COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED CRISES

Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange The strong dollar has beaten down emerging markets currencies ahead of prospective Federal Reserve rate increases, but the fallout for developing economies will vary widely.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DIAMONDS IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN ROUGH

Central Asia Focus Western and Asian efforts to boost relations with the five Central Asia countries is good news for companies and banks wanting to penetrate these big, yet largely unexploited, markets.