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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Erdoans Presidential Ambitions For Turkey Stymied

Newsmakers | Turkey It has been said that ultimately all political careers end in failure, but until June 7, few observers were expecting this maxim to be true, quite yet, of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan.

Banking

Indian Banks Get Sharper Teeth

Capital Markets | Debt/Equity India’s banks—both private and state-run—have been given a powerful tool to deal with bad loans.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MERS Outbreak Threatens South Korea’s Economy

Trends | Economy & Disease In May, South Korea reported its first case of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). The death toll had climbed to 24 as we went to press, making it the largest outbreak outside of Saudi Arabia, where the strain was first reported in 2012.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

New Zealand Walloped By Slowdown In Chinese Economy

Milestones | New Zealand In June, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand lowered its key cash interest rate a quarter of a percentage point to 3.25%, the first time the central bank has cut rates cut since 2011, citing a combination of deflationary pressure, plunging commodity prices and a slowdown in key export markets like China.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Will Japanese Companies Bow To Shareholders?

Management | Corporate Governance Japanese corporate culture, long considered one of the least shareholder-friendly among developed nations, may be softening up, with a little nudge from prime minister Shinzo Abe.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Alibaba CEO Zhang Pushes Global Growth Strategy

China | Chinese ecommerce company Alibaba’s new CEO, Daniel Zhang, is a star, credited with the success of Tmall.com and the November 11 Singles Day—an online buying bonanza that has overtaken Black Friday as the most lucrative online shopping day of the year.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

India | Is The Bloom Off The Rose For Narendra Modi?

India | Indian prime minister Narendra Modi celebrated his one-year anniversary in office in May, but the jury is still out on whether he’ll justify the hope that has been invested his new government.

Features

Myanmar | Blank Slate For Foreign Investors

Frontier Markets Report | Myanmar is wide open in terms of investment prospects, and its opportunities are luring investors—despite the risks.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Record Korean Financing Set For Brazil Steel Plant

Capital Markets | Project Finance Brazil’s multinational metals and mining group Vale has signed a $2.1 billion agreement with the Export-Import Bank of Korea.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Renminbi | The Goal Of Convertibility

The European Union is still debating the nature of its common currency, the position of non-eurozone EU members like the UK, and the future of stressed eurozone countries like Greece. But the situation in other parts of the world is quite different.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Vietnam Devalues The Dong Amid An Improving Economy

Vietnam | In May, Vietnam’s central bank once again devalued the country’s currency, the dong—the second such adjustment since January.

Awards

ANZ’S DIGITAL DRIVER: ANDREW GÉCZY

In an interview with Global Finance, Andrew Géczy, ANZ’s CEO of international and institutional banking (IIB), talked about Asia’s remarkable growth—and why the region’s financial system will likely overtake the combined US and European markets by 2030.