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    Do Corporations Need Cryptos?

    Do Corporations Need Cryptos?

    April 06, 2018

    The few corporations that have embraced cryptocurrencies tend to be small or troubled. However, spinoff technologies from digital currency such as blockchain are likely to play a major role in corporate finance and international banking.

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    Major Retailers Play Executive Musical Chairs

    March 14, 2017

    From upscale department store Neiman Marcus to organic grocer Whole Foods, major luxury retailers and grocery chains are playing musical chairs in C-suites and boardrooms as they streamline management and change creative roles amid declining in-store sales.

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    Auditing Gets Smart

    Auditing Gets Smart

    March 28, 2017

    Auditors may have suffered a reputational crisis in the wake of recent corporate financial scandals; but using artificial intelligence and data analytics, the profession hopes to reinvent itself.

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    Global Winners: Tacking Into The Wind

    Global Winners: Tacking Into The Wind

    April 06, 2017

    Details on the overall global winners of Global Finance Magazine’s 2017 awards for best investment banks. 

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    Countries by Income Group

    November 16, 2015

    Major international organizations classify countries by different factors. One criterion that is often used is gross national income (GNI) per capita – the dollar value of a country’s final income in a year, divided by its population

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    Best Private Banks 2017 | Awardee Interviews

    February 16, 2017

    Andrea Fiano, Editor of Global Finance Interviews the Award Winners of the Best Private Banks 2017.

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Renminbi | The Goal Of Convertibility

Renminbi | The Goal Of Convertibility

June 12, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Macroeconomy & Globalization

The European Union is still debating the nature of its common currency, the position of non-eurozone EU members like the UK, and the future of stressed eurozone countries like Greece.  But the situation in other parts of the world is quite different.

WILL US EARNINGS GET LOST IN TRANSLATION?

WILL US EARNINGS GET LOST IN TRANSLATION?

April 06, 2015
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Trends | US Dollar/Corporate Earnings
As corporate guidance goes, it was not the most upbeat news ever.

Five Minutes With… Eduardo Suarez, Scotiabank

Five Minutes With… Eduardo Suarez, Scotiabank

April 06, 2015
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Capital Markets | Q&A
Eduardo Suárez, co-head of Latin America strategy in the Global Banking and Markets division of Scotiabank.

STRONG GREENBACK, GLOBAL IMPACT

STRONG GREENBACK, GLOBAL IMPACT

April 06, 2015
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Dear Reader:
The strength of the US dollar is keeping many executives busy these days both in the corporate and the financial world.

CURRENCY TURMOIL COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED CRISES

April 06, 2015
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Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange
The strong dollar has beaten down emerging markets currencies ahead of prospective Federal Reserve rate increases, but the fallout for developing economies will vary widely.

STRONG DOLLAR SLOWS INVESTMENT INTO THE US

April 06, 2015
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Trends | US Dollar/Mergers & Acquisitions
The US dollar has climbed some 25% since June to its highest level in the past 12 years, which could have a significant impact on one of America’s biggest economic drivers: foreign direct investment.

M&A: DEAL KILLERS OF 2014

M&A: DEAL KILLERS OF 2014

March 06, 2015
  • Capital Raising & Corporate Finance,
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Mergers & Acquisitions | Management
Amid the merger frenzy of 2014, a startling number of bids were killed. 2014 may have seen heady times for corporate acquirers, but it was also the year of the rebuffed suitor.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE: CURRENCY PEGS THREATENED AS POLICY GOALS DIVERGE

FOREIGN EXCHANGE: CURRENCY PEGS THREATENED AS POLICY GOALS DIVERGE

March 06, 2015
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Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange
Currency pegs around the world are threatening to come unglued following the Swiss National Bank’s surprise move to drop the exchange rate floor of the euro versus the Swiss franc.

VENEZUELA: FREE-FLOATING CURRENCY UNLIKELY TO STAVE OFF DEFAULT

VENEZUELA: FREE-FLOATING CURRENCY UNLIKELY TO STAVE OFF DEFAULT

March 06, 2015
  • Latin America,
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Milestones | Venezuela
Venezuela’s introduction of a marginal free-floating currency system that will freely trade the US dollar and the bolivar seems unlikely to enlarge the country’s foreign exchange reserves or stem its growing external debt.

VOLATILITY RETURNS TO FX MARKET WITH A VENGEANCE ON SWISS MOVE

VOLATILITY RETURNS TO FX MARKET WITH A VENGEANCE ON SWISS MOVE

February 06, 2015
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Trends | Foreign Exchange
Foreign exchange traders complained that lack of volatility in the market last year was drying up their business. These same traders are now feeling whiplash from the Swiss National Bank’s surprise move on January 15 to de-peg the “Swissie” from the euro.

INTRA-ASIAN FLOWS: EDDIE LISTORTI, ANZ

INTRA-ASIAN FLOWS: EDDIE LISTORTI, ANZ

January 09, 2015
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Eddie Listorti, co-global head of fixed income, currencies and commodities at ANZ Group in Singapore, sees intra-Asian currency flows as a lucrative opportunity.

LITHUANIA FINALLY JOINS THE EUROZONE

LITHUANIA FINALLY JOINS THE EUROZONE

January 09, 2015
  • Central & Eastern Europe,
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Lithuania | Milestones
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.

RUSSIAN OPPORTUNITY: MIKHAIL PALEI, VTB CAPITAL

RUSSIAN OPPORTUNITY: MIKHAIL PALEI, VTB CAPITAL

January 09, 2015
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Mikhail Palei, head of foreign exchange flow at VTB Capital in Moscow, expects international banks to lose their appetite for risk in the Russian ruble—which he sees as an opportunity for Russia’s FX desks.

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT ROUNDTABLE: CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT ROUNDTABLE: CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

January 09, 2015
  • North America,
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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.

THE WORLD’S BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS 2015

THE WORLD’S BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS 2015

January 09, 2015
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Governance, Regulation & Compliance,
  • Technology,
  • Treasury & Cash Management

Regulatory uncertainty, technological change and traders behaving badly have collided in a perfect storm for banks’ foreign exchange operations

 EMERGING MARKETS DEMAND: ANTTI RANTA, NORDEA

EMERGING MARKETS DEMAND: ANTTI RANTA, NORDEA

January 09, 2015
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Risk & Insurance,
  • Technology,
  • Treasury & Cash Management

Antti Ranta, head of FX at Nordea in Helsinki, sees demand growing for emerging markets currencies in Nordic countries—and for advice on how to trade them.

MEXICAN COMPANIES GAIN ACCESS TO EUROCLEAR FOR PESO DEBT

January 09, 2015
  • Latin America,
  • Capital Raising & Corporate Finance,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Global Investing

Corporate Debt | Capital Markets
Euroclear will extend its cross-border settlement services at the end of January to Mexican corporate debt instruments known as cebures, or “bourse certificates.” This will enable Mexican companies to issue peso-denominated debt specifically targeted to international investors.

NEW PRODUCT PROLIFERATION: PHILIP NEL, STANDARD BANK

NEW PRODUCT PROLIFERATION: PHILIP NEL, STANDARD BANK

January 09, 2015
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Risk & Insurance,
  • Technology,
  • Treasury & Cash Management

Philip Nel, head of FX trading for Africa at Standard Bank in Johannesburg, anticipates a proliferation of new foreign exchange products in countries across the continent.

DEEPENING AFRICA’S FINANCIAL MARKETS

DEEPENING AFRICA’S FINANCIAL MARKETS

December 17, 2014
  • Africa,
  • Emerging Markets,
  • Foreign Exchange,
  • Global Banking

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%.

RENMINBI CONVERSION CAP LIFTED IN HONG KONG

December 17, 2014
  • Asia-Pacific,
  • Capital Raising & Corporate Finance,
  • Emerging Markets,
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  • Trade & Supply Chain,
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China | Capital Markets
In a major step toward opening China’s capital account, Hong Kong and Shanghai have linked their equity markets and abolished the cap on how much Chinese currency Hong Kong residents may purchase (or sell) daily.

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