Banking
Introduction | 2015 World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings
Developing countries have long sought a greater voice in running the IMF and World Bank. The rise of rival development banks gives them more options—and more leverage.
Central & Eastern Europe
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Award Winners
World’s Best Banks 2015
Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best banks globally, regionally and by country. The winners have provided the best service to clients.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Special Economic Zones: Who Wins, Who Loses?
In the race to attract foreign direct investment, countries are opening SEZs at a furious rate. Winnowing down the choices requires some serious due diligence.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
The Hungary Games
CEE Regional Report
The unorthodox policies of prime minister Viktor Orbán may be controversial, but they’ve helped kick-start the country’s economy. Most of the other CEE nations are also mounting turnarounds..
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Appointment Further Strains Russia / Ukraine Relations
Newsmakers | Ukraine
Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have run high since late 2013, when Russia resisted Ukrainian efforts to move out of the Russian sphere of influence and toward the West.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
CAUCASUS | HEADING IN THREE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
Regional Report | The Caucasus
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, the nations that make up the region of the Caucasus, are all working hard to improve their business and economic climates, but with varying degrees of success.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: CONSUMPTION RESUMES
Regional Report | Central & Eastern Europe
Although geopolitical risks are still keeping executives awake at night, there has been a remarkable turnaround in some countries of the region, thanks in large part to structural reforms—implemented early and strongly.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
HUNGARY | BANKS HOWL OVER DECISION IN BROKERAGE SCAM
Capital Markets | Fixed Income
Hungary’s biggest financial scandal, which broke earlier this year, involved the alleged issuance of more than $500 million of phony bonds by Quaestor Financial Hrurira. The brokerage was one of three firms charged with fraud.
Banking
ISTANBUL FINANCIAL CENTER: UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Country Report | Turkey - Islamic Finance
Officials in Turkey have long declared their intentions to transform Istanbul into an international financial center. Islamic finance could be the key to making that goal a reality.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
TURKEY AT A CROSS-ROADS—AGAIN
Country Report | Turkey
The country’s economy has stalled, just in time for a crucial parliamentary election.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CYPRUS TAUNTS EUROPE BY HOSTING RUSSIAN NAVAL VESSELS | MILESTONES
Milestones | Cyprus
The enormous economic challenges faced by Greece have overshadowed a different kind of drama elsewhere in the Mediterranean.
Banking
GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT RESTRUCTURING BANKS
At first glance, Central Asia’s banking sector looks like somewhere you just wouldn’t want to go.