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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SOUTH KOREA: A TIGHTROPE WALK WITH TRADING PARTNERS

South Korea | Country Report One of Asia’s most powerful economies, South Korea is maneuvering deftly between even more powerful neighbors and allies.

Award Ceremonies and Events

STARS OF CHINA AWARDS CEREMONY 2014

Global Finance held its annual Stars of China awards ceremony in Beijing in November. Corporate and financial leaders from around the country were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

TAIWAN: A TURNING POLITICAL TIDE

Taiwan | Milestones Taiwan’s president Ma Ying-jeou and his Kuomintang party lost control of important political positions in late November, when Taiwanese voters chose opposition party and independent candidates in local elections across the island.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CHINA EASES INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

China | Milestones China will allow foreign firms to increase their ownership stakes in encouraged sectors and enter into previously protected industries, according to investment guidelines drafted by the National Development and Reform Commission.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

IMPROVING ASIAN PRODUCTIVITY

Asia-Pacific | Emerging Markets Regional Review Structural changes in emerging Asia’s manufacturing-for-export markets are erasing the low-cost advantage.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

LANDMARK ENVIRONMENTAL PACT YET TO BE TESTED BY CONGRESS

US & China | Milestones “This is a major milestone in the US-China relationship, and it shows what’s possible when we work together on an urgent global challenge.”

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MASALA BOND PROMOTES INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE RUPEE

India | Capital Markets The rupee realizes international ambitions. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) sold its first rupee-denominated bonds in London in November to attract international investment in India’s infrastructure.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

PAKISTAN: CHANGE NEEDED TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Pakistan | Frontier Markets Focus Pakistan’s ability to attract both foreign direct and domestic investment fell dramatically during the past decade. Some of the reasons why still apply.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

RENMINBI CONVERSION CAP LIFTED IN HONG KONG

China | Capital Markets In a major step toward opening China’s capital account, Hong Kong and Shanghai have linked their equity markets and abolished the cap on how much Chinese currency Hong Kong residents may purchase (or sell) daily.

Banking

RENMINBI TRADING: FIRST HUB SET FOR RENMINBI IN NORTH AMERICA

Canada & China | Capital Markets Canada and China have agreed to support the increased use of renminbi in trade, commerce and investment between the two countries.

Banking

RUPEE INTERNATIONALIZATION: SAUGATA BHATTACHARYA, AXIS BANK

Q&A | Capital Markets Saugata Bhattacharya is the senior vice president and chief economist at Axis Bank in India.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

WILL KURODA SURVIVE JAPAN’S SNAP ELECTION?

Japan | Newsmakers Just weeks after Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, surprised the world with a bold plan to inflate Japanese assets and weaken the Japanese yen by buying 80 trillion yen ($680 billion) in Japanese bonds, exchange-traded funds and real estate investment trusts, prime minister Shinz Abe upstaged him by calling a snap election for mid-December, two years ahead of schedule.