Features
China Is Not Japan. And Never Will Be
The same forces that have hammered Japan’s economy are at play in China, but with mitigating features that portend different outcomes.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Alipay Seeks Growth From Traveling Chinese
Alipay is partnering with banks around the world to provide its Chinese customers with seamless service at their preferred tourist destinations, with Italy’s UniCredit Bank following France’s BNP Paribas and Barclays in the UK.
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Best Banks in Asia-Pacific 2017
Global Finance Magazine’s 2017 rankings of the best banks in Asia-Pacific.
Award Winners
ICBC Tackles Its Challenges
The sprawling Chinese bank faces a slowing domestic economy and new opportunities in international markets.
News
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.
News
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.
Data
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.
News
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.
News
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.
Country Report
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.