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Best Banks in Asia-Pacific 2017
Global Finance Magazine’s 2017 rankings of the best banks in Asia-Pacific.
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ICBC Tackles Its Challenges
The sprawling Chinese bank faces a slowing domestic economy and new opportunities in international markets.
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The Global Impact Of Easternization
Gideon Rachman, author of “Easternization: Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline From Obama to Trump and Beyond,” talks with Global Finance about the growing power of Eastern nations.
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India Creates New Banks To Fund Infrastructure
The government of India has set up a new type of bank intended to support funding for large projects.
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China Will Win Trump’s Trade Game
President Trump’s more aggressive trade stance may backfire, and end up strengthening China rather than the US.
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Japan Rethinks Trade In Face Of TPP Collapse
US withdrawal from the TPP was a shock to its top ally in the Pacific, and may push Japan into the trading arms of China.
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With May Elections, Korea Can Move Past Scandal
South Korea elects a new president in May, and after spending months ousting the sitting president, leftists may win the chance to lead the country.
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Modi Empowered By State Wins
Wins by Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s ruling party in the month of March indicates strong support for his challenging reform plans
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China Retailers Bet Big On Online Banking Service
Chinese Web giant Baidu has obtained regulatory approval to establish, in collaboration with China Citic Bank, a direct-banking firm named Baixin Bank that will operate online rather than through brick-and-mortar outlets.
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China To Build Silk Road For Project Finance
China’s “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) initiative is the most ambitious overarching infrastructure project to be proposed in the modern era, and it requires ambitious financing.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
McDonald’s China Deal Favors Franchise Model
McDonald’s agreed to sell 80% control of its restaurants in China and Hong Kong for 20 years to state-owned conglomerate Citic and the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm.
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Silk Road Bonds: The Next Big Thing?
Using Silk Road bonds as a funding vehicle for the vast capital needs of the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) project appears a handy catchall subsuming devilish details.