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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Newsmaker: New Treasury Secretary Lew Lacks Private Sector Expertise

NEWSMAKERSUS By Valentina Pasquali With high-stakes negotiations with Congress under way, US president Barack Obama is bringing in a new treasury secretary. Lew: An experienced political negotiator Jacob Lew, 57, was the White House’s chief of ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Newsmaker: Venezuelan Successor Fails To Allay Concerns Over Power Vacuum

NEWSMAKERS: VENEZUELA By Valentina Pasquali As Hugo Chávez’s 13-year-long domination of Venezuelan politics is overshadowed by ill health, speculation over who will carry on his legacy is largely focused on vice president Nicolás Maduro Moros, whom Chávez himself appointed as his ...

News

Back Page: Polls And Stat – Sovereign Wealth Funds

In 2012, the worlds top 36 sovereign wealth funds totaled nearly $5 trillion. Oil- and gas-related SWFs comprised the majority...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Billion-Dollar Woman Dressed For Success

NEWSMAKERS: NIGERIA By Valentina Pasquali A 61-year-old Nigerian oil tycoon is now the richest black woman in the world, having recently overtaken American entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey for the title. Her name is Folorunsho Alakija and she ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Canadian Carney Offers A Fresh Perspective At BofE

NEWSMAKERS: UK By Erik Heinrich Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada, will have a new job next year. Post-Libor scandal, UK appoints outsider Carney Photo Credits: CARNEY: REUTERS/MARK BLINCH Starting in July, Carney will cross ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover: A New Economic Model For China

THE HUNT FOR INTERNAL GROWTH By Laurence Neville China is in the midst of an economic makeover to increase domestic consumption and reduce reliance on external markets for growth. But how far are policymakers willing to go, and ...

Banking

Dubai Commodities Exchange Craves More Market Share

MILESTONES: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES By Anita Hawser Dubai Mercantile Exchange is on a mission: It wants to take up more space on the screens of futures traders, according to new CEO Christopher Fix, who once sat on the ...

Banking

Europe And UK Relations Hit Low Tide

MILESTONES: UK/EU By Justin Keay UK and EU relations have always been tense, but their relationship has deteriorated dramatically in recent months. While headlines have focused on noisy arguments over support for struggling eurozone members or ...

Banking

Fed Prepares To Clamp Down On Foreign Banks

MILESTONES: US/GLOBAL By Gordon Platt The US Federal Reserve wants foreign banks with large operations in the US to be subject to the same rules on capital and liquidity that apply to big US banks. Tarullo wants ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Fico Allays Critics’ Concerns As Economy Outperforms

NEWSMAKERS: SLOVAKIA By Justin Keay Emerging Europe doesn’t generate much in the way of good news these days, owing to the region’s proximity to and dependence on the eurozone. Fico has learned from past mistakes Photo Credits: ...

Banking

Global Salon: Sergio Luna, Banamex

DIVERGING ECONOMIES By Vanessa Drucker For this month’s Salon, Global Finance sat down with Sergio Luna, assistant director of economic research at Banamex and liaison to the research group of economic analysis and markets, Citigroup, in New York. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Lagarde Changes Tack On Use Of Capital Controls

MILESTONES: IMF By Luca Ventura “Temporary capital controls might prove useful,” Christine Lagarde said to the audience gathered at the Malaysian Economic Association in Kuala Lumpur in November. Lagarde at the IMF takes a marked departure on cross-border ...