Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
US: New Microsoft CEO’s First Moves
NEWSMAKERS By Efraim Chalamish Satya Nadella, a Microsoft insider who came up through the ranks to become Microsofts executive vice...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Woos Foreign Investors
Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe is one of Africa’s last old-school dictators. But he’s provingthat he may be able to change—for the better.In the decade ending in 2008, Zimbabwe’s economy shrank at an annual rate of 6.1%. Then,in2009, the country adopted the US dollar. Since then, growth has averaged nearly 8% per year...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh: New Parliaments Legitimacy
MILESTONES By Thomas Clouse Bangladesh held national elections in early January despite escalating political violence and a boycott by opposition parties. The ruling party, the Awami League, easily kept control of parliament, with its candidates winning 232 of ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Beale Takes Helm At Lloyds
NEWSMAKERS By Gilly Wright One of the worlds oldest insurance markets, Lloyds of London, has appointed the first female CEO...
Banking
Cover Story: The Volcker Effect
PROPRIETARY TRADING By Michael Shari Corporate clients of investment banks around the world could see a dramatic impact from the...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Global Salon: Georges Ugeux
EMERGING MARKETS 2.0 By Udayan Gupta At Global Finance ’s Salon in New York in January, Georges Ugeux, CEO of New York–based investment bank Galileo Global Advisors, discussed the economic landscape faced by India and China in 2014 ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
IsraelPalestine Gas Accord
MILESTONES By Luca Ventura When in early January the US secretary of state John Kerry traveled to the Middle East,...
Banking
Middle East Banking Legend Retires
NEWSMAKERS By Gordon Platt Ibrahim Dabdoub, group CEO of National Bank of Kuwait, is stepping down after 30 years as...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
NAFTA Turns Twenty: So Far, So Good?
MILESTONES By Forrest Jones Few things polarize policymakers like free-trade agreements, especially the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) linking...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
New Version Of Socialism In Cuba
MILESTONES By Valentina Pasquali Ever since Ral Castro took over from his brother Fidel in 2008, he has been opening...
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Polls & Stats: The Wireless Economy In Ascendance
“The Internet has now transformed from a useful platform to an essential and multidimensional infrastructure that needs to be kept open and decentralized in order to enable communication, collaboration, innovation, inclusive participation and economic growth... The Internet economy has now ...
Banking
Ranking GCCs Safest Islamic Banks
SPECIAL REPORT By Andrew Cunningham Al Rajhi tops the rankings of Safest Islamic Banks in the GCC. The use of...