Banking
CRISIS PUTS WEAK BANKING SECTOR IN SPOTLIGHT AGAIN
Milestones | Russia
During economic crises, Russia’s banking sector has tended to make a bad situation worse; The current crisis appears to be no different.
Central & Eastern Europe
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
EU TAX REFORM: VAT REGULATION HITS SMES
Milestones | European Union
Regulators had Web giants like Google and Apple in their sites when they framed a new value-added tax (VAT) regulation for businesses selling digital products into the European Union
Award Winners
EXPERTISE AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE: TOM HRON, UNICREDIT
Q&A | Supply Chain Finance
Tomáš Hron, head of global transaction banking, UniCredit Bank, Czech Republic and Slovakia, on the limits of digitization in trade and the supply chain.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
OIL PRICE SLUMP PROMPTS NORWAY TO ACTION
Milestones | Norway
With prices less than half the level of a year ago, Norway has been hit hard by the slump in crude revenues.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
RUSSIAN CORPORATE BONDS CAST SHADOW ON EMERGING MARKETS DEBT
Capital Markets | Corporate Debt
As Russian companies strive to cope with higher borrowing costs and a shortage of dollars and euros to repay foreign debt, emerging markets bonds are coming under increasing scrutiny by investors.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SEPA: A SPRINGBOARD TO REAL-TIME PAYMENTS
Special Report | SEPA
With SEPA migration projects mostly completed, it is time for treasurers to start thinking about the next steps in regulatory compliance and process automation.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
SURPRISE PRESIDENTIAL WIN FOR GRABAR-KITAROVI
Newsmakers | Croatia
Despite the ceremonial nature of the Croatian presidency, Grabar-Kitarovi has denounced the government for “cold-hearted” economic policies and says Croatia’s economy is a national disgrace.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFO INTERVIEW: MURAT ERDEN, TURKCELL
<strong>Global Finance </strong>sat down with Murat Doan Erden, Turkcell Group’s chief financial officer, to discuss the economic and business outlook for Turkey and the challenges confronting Turkish corporates.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FRONTIER MARKETS REPORT: GEORGIA
The global financial crisis and several factors peculiar to Georgia have affected foreign direct investment inflows, but investors willing to deal with tensions and risks will find opportunities.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
LITHUANIA FINALLY JOINS THE EUROZONE
<strong>Lithuania | Milestones</strong><br />
On January 1, Lithuania abandoned the litas, becoming the 19th member of the eurozone and joining Baltic peers Estonia and Latvia in the economic and monetary union.
Country Report
POLAND: NEW ECONOMIC GROWTH PARADIGM WANTED
<strong>Poland | Country Report</strong><br />
Although still outperforming most of its neighbors, Poland needs to reinvent itself if it wishes to sustain long-term growth.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
CEE: STRUCTURAL REFORMS NEEDED
<strong>Central & Eastern Europe | Emerging Markets Regional Review</strong><br />
Central and Eastern Europe has come a long way in the past 25 years, but the region must overcome some significant obstacles in 2015—particularly as Russia’s conflict with Ukraine continues.