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BEST INTERNET BANK AWARDS 2014 | INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNERS
Global Finance speaks with Citi, DBS, Finecobank, and Standard Chartered on the Internet Banking landscape.
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
CEE: STRUCTURAL REFORMS NEEDED
<strong>Central & Eastern Europe | Emerging Markets Regional Review</strong><br />
Central and Eastern Europe has come a long way in the past 25 years, but the region must overcome some significant obstacles in 2015—particularly as Russia’s conflict with Ukraine continues.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CHANGING ECONOMIC CLIMATE OF EMERGING MARKETS
<strong>Seeking A New Paradigm | Emerging Markets Growth</strong><br />
To ascertain whether emerging markets is an obsolete term, we must first understand what it means.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CHINA EASES INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
<strong>China | Milestones</strong><br />
China will allow foreign firms to increase their ownership stakes in encouraged sectors and enter into previously protected industries, according to investment guidelines drafted by the National Development and Reform Commission.
Banking
Deepening Africa’s Financial Markets
<strong>Africa | Emerging Markets Regional Review</strong><br />
African economies are well on their way to transforming the region’s status from a frontier to an emerging market. The IMF predicts Africa will grow by 5.8% in 2015, up from 5.1% this year, with Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique projected to growth over 8%.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
HUNGARY: PROTESTS FORCE PM TO SHELVE INTERNET TAX
<strong>Hungary | Milestones</strong><br />
Hungary has witnessed the biggest street protests since the current right-wing government came to power in 2010, against the government’s plans to tax Internet traffic, the world’s first such levy.
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.
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.