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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Canada’s New Finance Minister Is Banking On Infrastructure

Canada The Liberal Party representatives who will form Canada’s next government will field several key cabinet posts. Rookie MP Bill Morneau is taking one of the most coveted—minister of Finance.

Banking

Padilla: Bearer Of Bad News, Unpopular Choices

Puerto Rico He has become the face of Puerto Rico’s woes, warning in media interview after interview of its inability to pay its bills and serving as the island’s bearer of bad financial news.

Banking

Bernanke Speaks Out In New Book

United States: Former US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke lashed out at what he described as a do-nothing Congress in his new memoir, Courage to Act.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

High Cost Of Failure For Shells Arctic Oil Quest

Big oil companies waited for years to see if anyone could successfully tap into Arctic oil reserves.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Is Fiat A Failed Wooer This Time Around?

Italy: Sergio Marchionne, the 63-year-old CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), is celebrated as the mastermind of one of the few successful mergers in the industry’s history, the marriage of Fiat and Chrysler.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Shareholder Activism Is Coming To A Boardroom Near You

Management | Corporate Boards Led by investors such as Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman and Jeff Smith, and targeting companies from DuPont to PepsiCo, campaigns by activist investors have become a common occurrence in the United States in the past few decades.

Banking

Staying Safe With The Award Winners

Global Finance interviews senior executives from some of the banks featured in this year’s World’s Safest Banks rankings.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

TPP Achieved, Passage In Congress Is Next Step

USA: After years of talks, 12 Pacific Rim nations, from Vietnam to Peru to the United States, reached an agreement in early October to create a vast, new trade bloc called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Awards

Best In Class 2015

A selection of winners from Global Finance’s awards program over the past year.

Banking

Central Banker Report Cards 2015

Global Finance’s annual evaluation of the work of the world’s central bankers found some stellar performances, and some dismal ones. The toughest challenge for many: propping up falling prices.

Banking

IMF/World Bank Issue 2015 | Table Of Contents

Table Of Contents

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.