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Largest Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) 2015
A Sovereign Wealth Fund is a state-owned investment fund comprising financial assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate or other instruments and funded by foreign exchange assets.
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
China: Will the Tough Get Going?
EXCLUSIVE<br />
As China’stop political leaders gathered this week in Beijing for their annual conclave amid expectations for a new reform push, a joint study by two U.S. think tanks said that the world’s second-largest economy is undergoing a massive overhaul of its obsolete growth model.
Banking
From The Winners @ SIBOS 2014
Inside Sibos | Video<br />
Global Finance honored the winners of its 2014 Transaction Processing Awards at a ceremony on Oct. 1, 2014 at the Harvard Club in Boston, MA during SIBOS 2014.<br />
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Our editors interviewed representatives from winning organizations at the event and on the conference floor.
Features
Economic Master Plan Likely to Continue w/New President
Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has just announced seven new infrastructure projects, worth $1.1 billion, as part of master plan to accelerate and expand Indonesia's economic development.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Sri Lanka Lures Foreign Direct Investments
In what is considered a first step for even bigger foreign direct investment to Sri Lanka, TPG Capital announced in August it would invest $113 million to buy a majority stake in Union Bank, a small distressed financial institution based in Colombo.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
IMF | WORLD BANK – 2014 ANNUAL MEETINGS
Global Finance—official media partner of the IMF/World Bank 2014 annual meetings seminars—provides daily coverage and live streaming of events as around 13,000 people gather to appraise the health of the world’s economy.
Features
China’s Legal Reform Is Front and Center
Some discrepancy exists between the rules that are written and those that are enforced. This is true for most places in the world, and China is no exception.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
A Small Step to Unlock Credit for the Club Med
This month the European Central Bank will start to buy euro-denominated asset-backed securities (ABS) and covered bonds in an effort to revive a market that has been sharply impaired since the financial crisis.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
IMF/WORLD BANK ISSUE—INTRODUCTION
Global Finance presents its annual International Monetary Fund/World Bank issue, in conjunction with the organizations’ annual meetings, taking place in Washington, D.C., in early October.
Banking
BRIDGING THE CHASM
MARKET REPORT | ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE<br />
Offering inventory financing to commodity traders brings much-needed liquidity to the Islamic trade finance market.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
EMERGING MARKETS BRACE FOR FED TIGHTENING
CAPITAL MARKETS | FOREIGN EXCHANGE<br />
As the Federal Reserve winds down its bond-buying program and prepares to raise rates, analysts are debating the likelihood of a repeat of last year’s “taper tantrum”—when the mere hint of a gradual end to quantitative easing in the US caused huge disruptions to emerging markets (EMs).
Emerging & Frontier Markets
FIVE MINUTES WITH…JULIE DICKSON, ASHMORE
CAPITAL MARKETS | Q&A<br />
Julie Dickson is equity portfolio manager at emerging-markets investment manager Ashmore.