Banking
Offshore Blues For Private Banking
Special Report | Private Banking
Offshore banking, the booking and management of assets outside an individual’s country of domicile, has taken a beating since the financial crisis.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Pension Fund Managers Assailed On Many Fronts
Special Report | Pensions & Benefits Management
Combating economic trends, regulators and even demographics, funds are forced to think outside the box.
Banking
Private Banking | Business Is Booming, Challenges Lurk
Special Report | Private Banking
The pace of global economic growth may have slowed since the financial crisis, but the creation and concentration of private financial wealth has revved up.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Record Korean Financing Set For Brazil Steel Plant
Capital Markets | Project Finance
Brazil’s multinational metals and mining group Vale has signed a $2.1 billion agreement with the Export-Import Bank of Korea.
Banking
Regional US Transaction Banks Walk A Fine Line
Special Report | U.S. Transaction Banking
Dealing with the regulatory complexities faced by their larger peers and without some of the flexibility of their smaller brethren, US regional transaction banks are building international partnerships and investing in best-of-breed technology platforms in order to win, and hold on to, corporate clients.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Regulators Increase Scrutiny Amid Surge In Global M&A
Capital Markets | M&A Antitrust
Antitrust authorities around the world are stepping up their merger-monitoring activities amid a boom in cross-border M&A. They’re increasingly requiring merging companies to divest assets to win approval for their deals. In some cases, complex requirements are causing corporates to abandon proposed combinations.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Russian Trade, On A Roller Coaster, Looks Set For Big Changes
Trends | FX Commodities Q&A
Petr Grishin, head of macro research and chief economist for Eastern Europe at VTB Capital, discussed the ruble, oil prices and Russian trade with Global Finance.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Venezuela Completes $1 Billion Gold Swap With Citi
Commodities | Desperate for cash to purchase imports, oil-rich Venezuela pawned part of its gold reserves as collateral for a $1 billion loan from Citibank.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Islamic Finance | Malaysian Sukuk Shows Sovereign Demand
There is no lack of demand for shariah-compliant financing, according to Mukhtar Hussain, deputy chairman and CEO of HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad.
Features
A Conversation With…Rana Kapoor, Founder & CEO of Yes Bank
Global Finance sits with Rana Kapoor, Founder and CEO of Yes Bank for a discussion on the achievements of Modi's Government & the prospects of this growing Indian private bank.
Features
Corporate Tax & Finance Execs Divided on OECD BEPS Recommendations
As the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development works on ways to keep multinationals from shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions, tax and finance executives are divided on whether its efforts will improve the global corporate tax system.
Features
A Bitcoin Islamic Microfinance Scheme Blossoms In San Francisco
Cryptocurrencies, unlike fiat money, are, by definition, more a commodity than a pure currency, giving them compelling appeal for Islamic finance—because renting a commodity is in line with the principles of shariah, unlike lending based on interest.