Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Salon: Maurice Greenberg, CV Starr & Co
THE PENDULUM SWINGS By Paula Green At this months Salon, Global Finance sat down with Maurice Hank Greenberg, former chairman...
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Back Page: Polls and Stats – Do Bank Assets As A Multiple Of GDP Correlate To Bank Risk?
Do Bank Assets As A Multiple Of GDP Correlate To Bank Risk? Banks assets as a multiple of GDP has been considered a possible indicator of systemic risk. The following chart compiled by the Institute of International Finance showing ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cover: The Untold Cost of Cybersecurity
GROWING THREAT By Valentina Pasquali The frequency and severity of cyberattacks on businesses and organizations across the world have exploded in recent years, and so have the direct and indirect costs they inflict. Global finance executives spend ...
Banking
Milestones: BRICS Agree To Create Rival To World Bank
MILESTONES: EMERGING MARKETS By Erik Heinrich The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries have agreed to set up a development bank to better serve their economic needs and reduce their reliance on Western financial institutions. The ...
Banking
Milestones: Cyprus Reels From Russias Unwillingness To Help
MILESTONES:RUSSIA/CYPRUS ByKim Iskyan As the Cypriot banking sector imploded in mid-March, Russia, for which Cyprus is an offshore financial services...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Milestones: Is Slovenia Next In Line For A Bailout?
MILESTONES: SLOVENIA By Gilly Wright While the new Slovenian government dismisses Cyprus comparisons, it could soon be facing the same fate, as €1 billion ($1.3 billion) of government debt comes up for renewal in June. Photo Credits: SLOVENIA: ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Milestones: Vodafone-India Dispute Casts Doubt On Tax Havens Future
MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Ronald Fink Cross-border dealmakers are anxiously awaiting the outcome of a long-running tax battle between UK telecom giant Vodafone and the Indian government. Photo Credits: VODAFONE: CLIVE CHILVERS / Shutterstock.com The dispute dates back to ...
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Newsmakers: Dell Refocuses After Losing Its Tech-Innovator Luster
NEWSMAKERS: US By Udayan Gupta For Michael Dell, the University of Texas dropout who created one of the most successful PC businesses in the world, the past few months have brought high drama. Michael Dell: Caught in ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Newsmakers: Economic Reformer Tackles Domestic Pressures
NEWSMAKERS: CHINA By Luca Ventura As China’s economy faces its slowest growth in more than a decade, the focus turns to the new Finance minister, Lou Jiwei. Lou, 63, has arguably the highest international profile among prime minister ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Newsmakers: Former Chilean President Seeks Office Again
NEWSMAKERS: CHILE By Forrest Jones Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet wants her old job back. A single mother and the leader of the center-left Concertación coalition, she announced in March that she plans to run for president this November. ...
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Newsmakers: Martowardojo Gets Lucky Second Time Round
NEWSMAKERS: INDONESIA By Valentina Pasquali With just over a year to go before the 2014 elections and in a move that caught many observers by surprise, Indonesia’s president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has appointed current Finance minister Agus Martowardojo as ...
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Back Page: Polls and Stats – Clearing Skies Ahead
Emerging Markets Future Output Index "Expectations of ‘future output’ by EM businesses, specifically by manufacturers, improved sharply in February as a sign of strong sentiment. Our hopes are mainly pinned on China, Asia and commodity producers in ...