Emerging & Frontier Markets
Mixed Forecast
Skies are brightening for advanced economies, but emerging markets face extra challenges post-Covid.
News
Join the global community of corporate and public-sector finance industry leaders reading Global Finance monthly in print.
Click Here
News
Morocco: New Prime Minister Named, Few Changes Expected
Islamists lose power to liberals but the king continues to dominate political decision-making.
News
Norway: A Progressive Prime Minister
Millionaire Labor Party leader becomes Norway's prime minister.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
World Bank Scandal Touches IMF
Managing director of the IMF was found culpable in the World Bank Doing Business report scandal in which data was falsified.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Loosening IPO Lockups
Six-month lockup periods used to be the strong recommendation from banks that underwrote traditional IPOs; no longer.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Tight Talent Market Forces Innovation
New technologies demand new kinds of talent and make addressing labor shortages easier.
News
World’s Best Digital Banks 2021: Round 1
Expanding partnerships fuel the next-generation of mobile apps.
News
Nigeria: Shell Divests JV Licenses
Dated extraction technologies and poor maintenance are only partially to blame forRoyal Dutch Shell's decision.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Turnabout: BJP Axes Retroactive Tax On Foreign Investors
Between 2012 and 2020, the Indian government attempted to retroactively tax 17 foreign multinational companies.
News
FDI During Covid-19: Up, Down And Sideways
Rich nations lost more FDI in 2020, but for developing nations, the lost greenfields and infrastructure investments threaten long-term recovery.
News
South Africa: New Finance Minister Steps Up
Godongwana is a close political ally of President Cyril Ramaphosa and an African National Congressheavyweight who cut his teeth in the labor union movement.
News
Zambia: Hichilema Takes The Helm Of State
Can a career businessman and management expert turn around Zambia's grim economic trajectory?