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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Argentina’s New Finance Minister Wrestles With Peso

Argentina The appointment of Alfonso Prat-Gay as Argentina’s new Finance minister was a clear sign to international investors that president Mauricio Macri, sworn in December 10, was serious about unraveling the populist policies of the previous government.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Brazil Reeling After Another Junk Rating

The axe fell on Brazil heading into 2016 as it suffered a downgrade to junk status by Fitch Ratings, heightening the air of crisis as the beleaguered nation grapples with political turmoil and recession.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Burkina Faso’s New President Has An Edge

Burkina Faso There’s been big change in the small country of Burkina Faso. On November 29, the West African nation of 17 million held its first free elections in almost three decades.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

China: The World’s New Laboratory

Tom Manning, affiliate partner at Waterstone Management, has been advising global companies on China, and vice-versa, for years. The onetime CEO of Ernst & Young Consulting Asia, Capgemini Asia, Cerberus Asia and Indachin, and former senior partner at Bain, sat down with Global Finance to discuss the nation’s quiet innovation revolution.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Has Globalization Gone Into Reverse?

World trade growth is slowing. Its future may depend on internal trade within a handful of discrete, powerful regions—especially Asia.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Myanmar’s Bourse Has Potential, But No Listings

In Myanmar, Asia’s odd man out and a global pariah for decades, small signs of progress mean a lot. So the early December launch of the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) was a big deal—even if no stocks trade there yet.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

New Lending Rules To Help Ukraine

The International Monetary Fund decided last month to alter its long-standing policy of not lending to countries with arrears to official creditors—national governments or agencies they sponsor—thereby enabling it to continue lending to Ukraine should it fail to repay on time a $3 billion bond due to Russia.

Banking

Transaction Banking Is Sexy Again

Steady revenue streams make transaction banking attractive during times of volatility. But tech and upstart competitors are remaking the business.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Turkey’s Şimşek: A Reformer In Their Midst

Turkey When the Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept elections in November, financial markets were focused neither on prime minister Ahmet Davutolu, nor on president Recep Tayyip Erdoan. All eyes were on new deputy prime minister Mehmet imek, the former Finance minister, who may be the only reformer within the largely statist AKP.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

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Argentina’s New Finance Minister Wrestles With Peso

Brazil Reeling After Another Junk Rating

Burkina Faso’s New President Has An Edge

China: The World’s New Laboratory

Has Globalization Gone Into Reverse?

Myanmar’s Bourse Has Potential, But No Listings

New Lending Rules To Help Ukraine

Transaction Banking Is Sexy Again

Turkey’s Şimşek: A Reformer In Their Midst

A Great Divide

Belt-Tightening As Costs Surge And Rivals Circle

Canada’s New Finance Minister Is Banking On Infrastructure