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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

REGIONAL HEAVYWEIGHTS | BEST PERFORMING COMPANIES

Global Finance’s first annual ranking of the top-performing companies in the Middle East shows how much of the region is still in the early stages of reducing its dependence on oil.

Banking

UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY | SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS

Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds are notoriously secretive in terms of their investments and strategy. So what will they do in response to the oil price drop?

Banking

Who’s Who In The Middle East 2016

Global Finance’s first annual list of Who’s Who in The Middle East.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT ROUNDTABLE: CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

Treasurers from leading F500 companies and executives from top banks gathered at the Harvard Club in New York to discuss how treasurers are leveraging new market developments to improve treasury operations.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

CEE: STRUCTURAL REFORMS NEEDED

Central & Eastern Europe | Emerging Markets Regional Review 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.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CHANGING ECONOMIC CLIMATE OF EMERGING MARKETS

Seeking A New Paradigm | Emerging Markets Growth To ascertain whether emerging markets is an obsolete term, we must first understand what it means.

Banking

Deepening Africa’s Financial Markets

Africa | Emerging Markets Regional Review African economies are well on their way to transforming the region’s status from a frontier to an emerging market. The IMF predicts Africa will grow by 5.8% in 2015, up from 5.1% this year, with Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique projected to growth over 8%.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

IMPROVING ASIAN PRODUCTIVITY

Asia-Pacific | Emerging Markets Regional Review Structural changes in emerging Asia’s manufacturing-for-export markets are erasing the low-cost advantage.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

LATIN AMERICA: END OF THE BOOM ERA?

Latin America | Emerging Markets Regional Review After years of strong growth, many key markets in Latin America are faltering. Although overall the region is no longer producing the high growth it once did, a number of markets continue to rise to new heights.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

MIDEAST: REDUCING HYDROCARBON DEPENDENCE

Middle East | Emerging Markets Regional Review The drop in oil prices is likely to affect public spending in the rentier states of the Persian Gulf, and pressure is mounting on governments to reduce economic dependency on hydrocarbons.

Banking

ARE BANKS UNSAFE AT ANY SIZE?

Banking Regulation The globe’s financial systems are still vulnerable to contagion. Critics say regulators are unlikely to fix the problem unless they shift gears.

Awards

BIGGEST EMERGING MARKETS BANKS 2014

On A Grand Scale Chinese banks take first 10 places in rankings.