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Economics, Policy & Regulation

WILL MARITIME CONFLICTS PUSH ASEAN TO NEW REGIONAL ROLE?

ASIA<br /> The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are faced with important decisions over the organization’s future amid increasing conflicts between China and member states over territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ALIBABA’S MA OUTSMARTS INVESTORS

NEWSMAKERS: CHINA<br /> Investors hedge their bets on Ma's business savvy.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT MARKET AWAITS ARRIVAL OF ALIBABA

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS | GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS

Features

Despite U.S. Prodding, Renminbi Liberalization to Proceed at China’s Pace

During his trip to China in mid-May, US Treasury secretary Jacob Lew repeated a favorite Washington refrain: Authorities in Beijing should do more to allow the renminbi to trade freely against the dollar.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2014

In our 21st annual survey, Global Finance identifies the best banks in 150 countries and eight regions. The winners are not always the biggest banks, but rather, the best—those with the qualities that corporations should look for when choosing a bank.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

INDONESIA REBUFFS FOREIGN INVESTORS: REVIEWS TRADE TREATIES

Only two weeks ahead of the April 9 parliamentary elections and under pressure from a billion-dollar lawsuit, the Indonesian government announced it would terminate some 67 bilateral investment treaties—which regulate investment in the country by foreigners—as they come up for renewal.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MYANMAR FLEXES ITS DIPLOMATIC MUSCLES

Myanmar’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is expected to boost the country’s diplomatic and economic prospects.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

RMB: GETTING READY FOR THE REDBACK

Fast-paced developments in China and overseas are bolstering the renminbi’s international expansion.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SANCTIONS THREATEN RUSSIAN DEALS

Mergers and acquisitions involving Russian companies, including Morgan Stanley’s planned sale of its global oil-trading unit to Rosneft, are threatened by Western sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SRI LANKA: LIBERALIZING FOR GROWTH

Sri Lanka has an open business environment, but challenges—not least its recovery from the civil war that ended in 2009—remain.

Banking

BEST BANKS 2014: ASIA-PACIFIC

Developing Asia will grow by 6.2% this year and 6.5% next, according to Asian Development Bank estimates, up slightly from 6.1% in 2013. Despite the uptick in overall growth, banks around the region continue to face challenging landscapes.

Banking

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNUAL MEETING

Inter-Asian trade will lead the agenda items at this year’s annual Asian Development Bank meeting, to be held May 2-5, 2014, in Astana, Kazakhstan.