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Governor Amando Tetangco Jr., Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

The head of the central bank of the Philippines says the country has been able to keep its economy rolling along -- despite the specter of quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve Board. And in a contrarian take, he says he's also bullish on prospects for emerging markets.

Banking

BOOK REVIEW: Greenspan: Still hazy after all these years

<em style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">The Map and the Territory, by Alan Greenspan,<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">weaves personal experience and a career that spanned the good part of 60 years—18 of those at the helm of the US central bank—into economic analysis.</span>

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Karnit Flug, Governor, Bank of Israel

On October 20, Flug was named Governor of the Israeli central bank, following months of in-fighting and political wrangling over who would fill the position vacated by long-time governor Stanley Fischer.

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Arun Jain, Polaris Financial Technology

The Polaris Chairman and CEO on the rising demand for trade finance products in the US and Europe.

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Brendan Farrell, SunGard

The Executive Vice President of SunGard's XSP business talks about the welter of new regulations facing SunGard's corporate clients.

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Hedging Hot Again as Corporates Boost Balance Sheet Protection

Hedging gaining in currency For a global power management company like Eaton, which generated $21.8 billion in revenues last year...

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VIDEO Darryl Twiggs, SmartStream

The Executive Vice President of Product Management on the increase in demand for SmartStream's products as a global economic recovery starts to kick in.

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JPMorgan has a whale of a legal problemand it is only just starting

Forget the headline numbers for the rash of litigation troubles afflicting JPMorgan Chase. Yes, we’re talking a lot of zeros...

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Could the Twitter IPO suffer a Facebook moment?

When the ubiquitous social media giant Twitter launches its initial public offering (IPO) in the coming weeks, the entire market...

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Africa Supplement 2013

Banking

Central Banker Report Cards 2013

‘A’ FOR EFFORT, ‘B-’ FOR RESULTS By Antonio Guerrero, Anita Hawser and Gordon Platt Global Finance presents its annual report on the performance of the world’s central bank governors. There are a lot of new faces among ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Debt: Emerging Markets Default Risk Rises

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt The recent sharp decline in emerging markets currencies to multiyear lows will make it more costly for corporations in these countries to repay their dollar-denominated debt. Analysts say this could lead to ...