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Israel Keeps Its Economic Motor Humming
Country Report | Israel
Chinese investors flock to the nation’s cutting-edge tech sector.
Award Winners
New Digital Frontiers: Alex Chen, Executive Vice President, CTBC Bank
Q+A with Alex Chen, Executive Vice President of Ctbc Bank
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Pro-Mainland Party Gets Boost From China
Chinese president Xi Jinping met with Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou on November 7 in Singapore, the first time leaders from the two governments have come together since 1949.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Renminbi Takes A Hit As Trade Volumes Fall
Capital Markets | Renminbi
The renminbi dropped a position in October, going from fourth to fifth, in terms of its use as a currency for international payments, according to the latest SWIFT Renminbi Tracker report.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Squeezed Between Dragon And Eagle
Asia’s emerging economies fight to diversify from China and the US.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Will Historic Elections Pull Myanmar Into Modernity?
History was made in Myanmar, the country formerly called Burma, on November 8, when the National League for Democracy (NLD), headed by Noble Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, won a near-total sweep in the first democratic election in 25 years.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Finance Minister Key To City-States’s Revamped Cabinet
Heng Swee Keat, Singapore’s education minister and former central bank managing director, was named the nation’s next Finance minister after a landslide election victory in September by the ruling People’s Action Party and prime minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
India And Taiwan, Cut Rates Tracking The Fed
An analytical exercise that was moderately popular before the financial crisis has become a mandatory task in the post-crisis years.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Modi’s India Passes US & China In FDI
India seems to be on course with economic reforms under the leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi, achieving a significant landmark as it moved ahead of the US and China in the foreign direct investment (FDI) sweepstakes.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Renminbi Gaining Currency
In the long run, a fully convertible renminbi will make things easier for global companies doing business in China. Shorter term, treasurers face hard choices.
Awards
Safest Banks In China 2015
Chinese banks receive high ratings, but many also fall below investment grade.