Banking
RATING AGENCIES ARE UPGRADING
Fueled by a global flood of bond issues, rating agencies are polishing up their act.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ROMANIA: PROCEED WITH CAUTION
Frontier Markets Focus | Romania<br />
Romania aggressively pursues foreign direct investment by providing a number of incentive programs. But international investors should approach each one carefully.
Banking
SUKUK ISSUANCE SURGES FORWARD
Market Report | Global Islamic Finance<br />
Despite lower volumes in 2013, sukuk issuance is on track for a record year.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
TAKING THE STIGMA OUT OF TREASURY OUTSOURCING
Special Report | Treasury Outsourcing<br />
The concept of treasury outsourcing has been around since the 1980s, but until fairly recently, it enjoyed limited adoption, owing to concerns about operational control. But cost pressures are forcing treasurers to look at the concept again.
Banking
SAUDI BANK IPO LEADS SURGE OF NEW SHARE ISSUES
Capital Markets | Middle East Equity<br />
The Middle East is experiencing a boom in initial public offerings, following years of relative inactivity since the global financial crisis. The area’s IPO markets began to recover in the fourth quarter of last year, and new share issues are now coming at a fever pitch, despite falling oil prices that could threaten regional economies.
Features
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.
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.