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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.

Award Winners

Stars of China 2015

As the renminbi gains international acceptance, Chinese firms look further afield for growth.

Banking

Staying Safe With The Award Winners

Global Finance interviews senior executives from some of the banks featured in this year’s World’s Safest Banks rankings.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Vietnam Shrugs Off Global Woes

Vietnam is emerging as one of the few bright spots among Southeast Asian economies buffeted by the slowdown in regional and global trade.

Features

Opening Markets Still Face Closed Doors

The promise of better liquidity management is still in the wings, until banks fully embrace free trade accords on services.

Features

Unicredit’s Two-Way Corridor For Expansion & Development

UniCredit is developing an offering for Asian corporates looking to enter Central & Eastern European markets, and for European companies looking to expand in Asia.

Banking

Bullish On Asia

Inside SIBOS | Day 2 ANZ is upping the volume on China as it looks to nurture its region-wide strategy.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

A Bridge Too Far? New AIIB Head In Tough Spot

Newsmakers | China At the beginning of September, the fledgling Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank took an important step forward with the appointment of its first president.