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ECUADOR TO LAUNCH ITS OWN “BITCOIN,” BANS RIVALS
TRENDS | DIGITAL CURRENCIES<br />
Ecuador is gearing up for the launch of a new digital currency that will go into use as early as October alongside the US dollar, the country’s official tender.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
INSURERS OFFER LONGEVITY HEDGES TO DE-RISK PLANS
MANAGEMENT | PENSIONS<br />
As people live longer, many companies are discovering that they have to pay pension benefits to retirees for longer than they had expected. Insurance companies are stepping in with new products that can help take this “longevity risk” out of corporate defined-benefit pension plans.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A’S BIG YEAR IS LITTERED WITH BROKEN DEALS
CAPITAL MARKETS FOCUS |MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS<br />
Mergers and acquisitions in 2014 are being announced at the fastest pace since the financial crisis of 2008–2009, but broken deals are also setting records for the same period.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MOROCCO: STABLE, AND WELL-SITUATED
FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT | MOROCCO<br />
Morocco boasts solid outward FDI, geopolitical stability and proximity to key markets, but corruption is commonplace.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
RECOVERY IS UNDER WAY IN CEE
REGIONAL REPORT | CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE<br />
Central European countries are starting to recover, with growth accelerating in most markets. But the region’s banks still have some trials to overcome.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SAUDI EXCHANGE OPENING WILL INCREASE RIYADH’S IMPORTANCE
CAPITAL MARKETS | MIDDLE EAST EQUITY<br />
Riyadh, the Saudi capital, has already built a new financial district, named after King Abdullah, but its 42 new skyscrapers stand largely empty. That could change following the decision by the government in July to allow foreign financial institutions to invest directly in listed shares, starting in the first half of 2015.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
WALGREENS DUMPS INVERSION AS OBAMA BERATES “DESERTERS”
MANAGEMENT | TAX PLANNING<br />
Gregory Wasson, president and CEO of Walgreen, says the company “concluded it was not in the best interest of shareholders to attempt to re-domicile outside the US” to cut its tax bill.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FX TRADERS GONE?
CAPITAL MARKETS | FOREIGN EXCHANGE<br />
It is a changing world for FX traders. Regulatory uncertainty and low volatility are putting a damper on the foreign exchange market, with spreads narrowing by 20% already this year—to record lows.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
The MF Milano Finanza’s Golden Book of Finance and Business
Our Italian partner, Class Editori has released the special 25th Anniversary issue of MF Milano Finanza, a leading economic and financial Italian newspaper, dedicated to the most authoritative and value-creating Italian brands, players and excellences in the world of manufacturing, finance and business.
Features
Investors Await Saudi Exchange Access
Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority (CMA) said in July that,Inshallah, it will open its $560 billion stock market to foreign financial institutions in the first half of next year.