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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.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SINGAPORE | LIFE AFTER LEE

Milestones | Singapore During the state funeral cortege of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding prime minister, Singaporeans were urged to salute rather than take photos using their smartphones, a vivid reminder of the government’s preoccupation with political correctness.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ADB ANNUAL MEETING – HAPPY 50TH, ADB

Asia has become the world’s most dynamic region since the development bank first launched. But 1.6 billion Asians still cannot access basic services.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BORN & BRED IN EMERGING MARKETS

Global Salon Global Finance sat down with José Gerardo Morales, Chief Investment Officer of Mirae Asset Global Investments (USA), to discuss challenges and opportunities in emerging markets, and the state of geopolitical risk in 2015.