September 2020

Emerging and developing economies will likely be hardest hit by Covid-19. Rebuilding will require addressing preexisting conditions as well as the new ones.

The world’s richest families are looking to real estate and private equity as they flesh out post-Covid investment strategies.

The global health crisis is forcing banks to accelerate digital transformation. Customers are responding.

Imran Khan, head of Global Digital Experience at TD and president and CEO of UGO Mobile Solutions, reveals how to make life easier for consumers.

Khaled Abbas, wholesale banking head at Gulf International Bank (GIB), shares his thoughts on how the pandemic is pushing banks to find agile methods to meet corporate needs.

Quintessential Capital Management Managing Partner Gabriel Grego explains why his much-maligned “short activism” is good for investors and markets.

With an election looming, Ghana’s economy grapples with a pandemic, falling oil revenues, a nagging fiscal deficit and the imperative to diversify.

The Covid-19 crisis derailed Portugal’s economic comeback. Can stimulus, fiscal prudence and an attractive climate for retirees get it back on track?

Overnight, the three big banks’ decision makes PCAF, founded in 2015 by the Netherlands consultancy Guidehouse, a focal point in the struggle over how to address climate change. 

Multiple governments in recent years have amended existing legislation or adopted new regulatory processes to better screen or block FDI, if necessary.

The high-stakes battle is being watched closely as a showdown over the vast commercial power of the iPhone producer.

Israel’s Economy Ministry calculates that the normalization of ties could increase exports to the UAE to US$300 million to $500 million annually while according to Moody’s Investors Services, UAE investments in Israel could reach US$350 million a year.

Wirecard’s scandalous collapse exposes the weakness of a single EU financial market that leaves regulatory supervision to the member states.

Chrystia Freeland adds finance minister to her résumé alongside deputy prime minister and minister of intergovernmental affairs.

COO Jim Farley will become Ford Motor Company’s CEO in October, succeeding Jim Hackett.

The 2008 crisis highlighted the role of company CFOs; the pandemic is highlighting the role of HR.

The abrupt announcement that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was resigning for health issues after nearly eight years in power startled the world.

In recent weeks, Barbados, Bermuda, Estonia and Georgia have announced new extended-stay visas for individuals who earn their income abroad.

A number of major retailers in the US filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection during the pandemic, including Sears and J.C. Penney. 

As economies grapple with the economic disaster of the novel coronavirus, the value and number of M&A deals worldwide have deflated.

In today’s environment, special purpose acquisition companies for big investors are getting bigger and bolder.

When investors become less willing to take risks, they’ve traditionally turned to the dollar and gold as safe havens. 

S&P Global is forecasting bank loan losses to reach $366 billion for the US and Canada over the two years to the end of 2021.

As Cuba reopens its economy, the government hopes loosened restrictions and dollarization of international trade will spur expansion.

As the Asian Development Bank shifts its 2020 Annual General Meeting to virtual, Covid-19 policy measures take center stage.

Taiwan effectively contained Covid-19, clearing the path for intermediate-term economic growth.