Economics, Policy & Regulation
IMPROVING ASIAN PRODUCTIVITY
<strong>Asia-Pacific | Emerging Markets Regional Review</strong><br />
Structural changes in emerging Asia’s manufacturing-for-export markets are erasing the low-cost advantage.
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Banking
ING COMPLETES BAILOUT REPAYMENT
<strong>Netherlands | Milestone</strong><br />
As a part of the restructuring agreement between ING, the Dutch government and the European Commission, ING agreed to several of what it called “bans,” according to an email sent by a company spokesman to Global Finance
Economics, Policy & Regulation
LANDMARK ENVIRONMENTAL PACT YET TO BE TESTED BY CONGRESS
<strong>US & China | Milestones</strong><br />
“This is a major milestone in the US-China relationship, and it shows what’s possible when we work together on an urgent global challenge.”
Economics, Policy & Regulation
LATIN AMERICA: END OF THE BOOM ERA?
<strong>Latin America | Emerging Markets Regional Review</strong><br />
After years of strong growth, many key markets in Latin America are faltering. Although overall the region is no longer producing the high growth it once did, a number of markets continue to rise to new heights.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
MIDEAST: REDUCING HYDROCARBON DEPENDENCE
<strong>Middle East | Emerging Markets Regional Review</strong><br />
The drop in oil prices is likely to affect public spending in the rentier states of the Persian Gulf, and pressure is mounting on governments to reduce economic dependency on hydrocarbons.<br />
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
OIL-RICH VENEZUELA FORCED TO IMPORT CRUDE
<strong>Venezuela | Milestones</strong><br />
Venezuela, home to the world’s largest oil reserves at 298 billion barrels, is having a tough time getting the stuff out of the ground.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
ROMANIAN VOTERS EMBRACE IOHANNIS’S POLITICS
<strong>Romania | Newsmakers</strong><br />
Iohannis defeated prime minister and Social Democrat leader Victor Ponta, taking 54.5% of the vote against 45.5%. So who is Iohannis?
Economics, Policy & Regulation
TUNISIA: COMPROMISE IS KEY TO STABILITY
<strong>Tunisia | Newsmakers</strong><br />
Elections in Tunisia in October, which saw the secular Nidaa Tounes party (39.7%) narrowly beat the incumbent Islamic party, Ennahda (31.8% of the vote), were widely praised for being free and fair. Questions remain, however, about their democratic robustness.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
WILL KURODA SURVIVE JAPAN’S SNAP ELECTION?
<strong>Japan | Newsmakers</strong><br />
Just weeks after Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, surprised the world with a bold plan to inflate Japanese assets and weaken the Japanese yen by buying 80 trillion yen ($680 billion) in Japanese bonds, exchange-traded funds and real estate investment trusts, prime minister Shinz Abe upstaged him by calling a snap election for mid-December, two years ahead of schedule.
News
JPMorgan Singled Out for Illiquid Funding
The big bank is the only systemically important US financial institution found to depend too heavily on wholesale sources of funding.
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A Conversation With… Stefan James, Deutsche Bank
Stefan James of Deutsche Bank discusses the challenges facing treasurers and tactics for strategic supply chain management at Global Finance's annual Treasury & Cash Management Roundtable at the Harvard Club in New York City.
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A Conversation With…Ashok Madhavan, Campbell Soup Company
Ashok Madhavan of Campbell Soup discusses the importance of team management on treasury operations... at Global Finance's annual Treasury & Cash Management Roundtable at the Harvard Club in New York City