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Banking

PORTUGAL: BACK FROM THE BRINK?

COUNTRY REPORT<br /> With strong underpinnings for reform now in place, Portugal is seeing signs of economic improvement. But now that it has increased exports, will greater vulnerability to global trade winds haunt growth?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

WOULD SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE PUSH UP PUBLIC BORROWING RATES?

SCOTLAND<br /> The outcome of this September’s referendum on Scottish independence remains too close to call.

Banking

ECB GETS TO WORK ON ITS NEW EUROZONE BANK SUPERVISORY ROLE

MILESTONES: EUROPE<br /> The ECB grows up as it takes on bank supervisory powers.<br />

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EURO SLIPS AS DRAGHI SAYS ECB WILL ACT

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS | FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

EUROPE GOES ON HIGH-YIELD DEBT FLING

CORPORATE FINANCE FOCUS | CORPORATE DEBT

Banking

EUROPEAN STRESS TESTS MAY STILL BE TOO SOFT ON BANKS

Upcoming stress tests for Europe’s 124 largest banks will have more credibility than they had previously, but some analysts argue that banks may need far more capital than regulators demand to withstand a crisis. And any hoped-for international standardization in terms of stress testing is out the window as there is little comparability between the upcoming European and recently completed US bank tests.

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

EUROZONE EYES QUANTITATIVE EASING

Inflation in the eurozone slipped to 0.5% at an annual rate in March, its lowest level since 2009. The persistence of low inflation prompted policymakers to discuss quantitative easing (QE) and a negative deposit rate, putting some downward pressure on the euro.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Western Europe

PORTUGAL: BACK FROM THE BRINK?

WOULD SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE PUSH UP PUBLIC BORROWING RATES?

ECB GETS TO WORK ON ITS NEW EUROZONE BANK SUPERVISORY ROLE

EURO SLIPS AS DRAGHI SAYS ECB WILL ACT

EUROPE GOES ON HIGH-YIELD DEBT FLING

EUROPEAN STRESS TESTS MAY STILL BE TOO SOFT ON BANKS

ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2014

EUROZONE EYES QUANTITATIVE EASING

SANCTIONS THREATEN RUSSIAN DEALS

US VS THE WORLD: ROUND ONE

Foreign Exchange: Euro Rises

Italy: Ex-OECD Exec Takes Finance Reins