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Shanghai FTZ: Getting Into the Zone
Big steps have been taken in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone that will translate into better treasury services for companies in China.
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Brazil: April 2014, In Numbers
Infographic: A look at key figures affecting the economy and growth in Brazil.
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Book Review: The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
A Climate of Risk
Weird weather presents major problems for supply chains, and 77% of companies believe climate change has the potential to significantly affect their revenue.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Africa: Powering Up In Ethiopia
Iceland’s Reykjavik Geothermal will launch a $2 billion project in July to build a power plant on an imploded volcano in Ethiopia’s Rift Valley. The plant, slated to begin operations by 2020, will have a generation capacity of 500 megawatts of electricity.
Banking
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNUAL MEETING
Inter-Asian trade will lead the agenda items at this year’s annual Asian Development Bank meeting, to be held May 2-5, 2014, in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
China: Reform Is On The Agenda
China’s leaders set out their policy priorities in March during the annual National People’s Congress, promising further reform while pledging to maintain the current growth rate.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Debt: Verizons Refi Redux
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt Verizon Communications, which sold $49 billion of debt last September in the largest bond sale ever, has returned to the bond market repeatedly this year to take advantage of low interest rates ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Country Report: Malaysia
Malaysia’s strong current account and FX reserves will safeguard it against external shocks, but high leverage and simmering ethnic tensions remain weak points.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Foreign Exchange: Euro Rises
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt The European Central Bank’s refusal to ease monetary policy in the face of below-target inflation boosted the euro to its highest levels of the year in March, while the British pound rose ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Global Equity: Biotech Drives Us Ipo Boom
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt Healthcare companies accounted for more than half of all initial public offerings filed in the US in the first two months of 2014, in a boom fueled by biotech companies, according to ...