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Stars Of China: Banks Span The Spectrum

This year’s ranking of Chinese banks includes all 21 Chinese banks that have a rating from one of the three large, international rating agencies. In principle, the only criterion for inclusion, apart from having one or more rating, was that ...

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Thai Succession Question Threatens Stability

A smooth transition of power to crown prince of ThailandMaha Vajiralongkornafter his father, king Bhumibol Adulyadej, died in mid-October, is looking unlikely, however.

Award Winners

World’s Safest Banks 2016: Emerging Markets Top 50

The safest three emerging markets banks are South Korean, following ratings upgrades by Moody’s and S&P. Korea Development Bank, Export-Import Bank of Korea and Industrial Bank of Korea now have at least one AA and one AA- rating each, which ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Expanding India’s Corporate Debt Markets

A deepening and widening of the nascent corporate bond market in India is on track, following reforms by the Reserve Bank of India aimed todraw in foreign and small investors.

Country Report

India Set For Rebirth

Policy changes and consistent growth have positioned India to draw fresh investment.

Country Report

India: Meet The New Gov, Same As The Old Gov

Raghuram Rajan's departureashead of the Reserve Bank of India to return to teaching at theUniversity of Chicago, made some Indians fear upheaval, but with his deputy taking the helm, stability is expected.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Obama: US To Lift Sanctions On Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has a change of heart regarding US sanctions against her country.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

India: Landmark Reform To Unify Taxes

India | The Indian parliament’s adoption of a constitutional amendment bill has paved the way for the biggest tax reform in the $2 trillion economy’s history, as Narendra Modi’s government prepares to usher in a dramatic change in the tax regime: a single goods and services tax (GST) that subsumes all central, state and local levies.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Masala Bonds Go Greener

INDIA | Introduced just a year ago, “green” masala bonds—offshore rupee-denominated bonds to fund private-sector investment addressing climate change—are hot.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Once Bitten, Twice Finance Minister

Indonesia |Can themuch-admired former Finance Minister of Indonesia, Sri Mulyani Indrawati,bring back the magic in her second tour in the post?

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Singapore Cracks Down To Save Its Reputation

Singapore | The Monetary Authority of Singapore is establishing a new team to bolster monitoring of financial institutions and enforcement of rules againstmoney laundering.

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Tokyo Bucks LDP, Elects First Woman Governor

Japan | Elected Tokyo’s first female governor, Yuriko Koike has made history in Japan. She ran as an independent in defiance of her party—the ruling Liberal Democratic Party—which supported the lesser-known Hiroya Masuda. Koike, 64 years old and a veteran politician, hopes to bring the city’s financial center back to its former glory.