Foreign Exchange

BINDING COMMITMENT   By Anita Hawser   The EC has finally announced a legally binding end-date for SEPA migration. Now companies and their banks must get serious about migrating.   During a recent visit to her firm's Canary Wharf offices, ...

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE   By Gordon Platt   The foreign exchange market continues to be rattled by Europe's debt crisis, analysts say the issue is far from settled.   The foreign exchange market continues to be rattled by ...

MILESTONES: UNITED STATES   By Valentina Pasquali   Struggling with a sagging real estate market and a weak economic recovery, the US has been revamping its efforts to attract foreign investors. For example, the current administration is pumping new life into ...

In deciding to focus on elections worldwide for this month's cover story, we weren't just pondering their political implications and the relative uncertainty they occasion, we were also considering the global nature and impact of uncertainty in a single national election...

SAFE LANDING   By Paula Green   With new regulations and tighter enforcement that could lead to more corporate legal action, many companies are increasing their cover for directors and officers insurance.   Most corporate risk officers should still enjoy ...

ELECTION YEAR   By Laurence Neville   Numerous countries around the world are holding elections this year, which could create market uncertainty and hold back much-needed political decision-making—particularly in Europe.   Unlike 2011, which was a year of "unknown unknowns," ...

MILESTONES: BANGLADESH   By Udayan Gupta   Bangladesh is one of the more intriguing frontier market economies for foreign investors. In 2011 its GDP rose an estimated 6.3%. But a volatile political environment and an economy that is not immune to ...

SEEKING OUT VULNERABILITIES   By Vanessa Drucker   Global Finance sat down with James Rickards, senior managing partner at boutique alternative investment firm Tangent Capital Partners and author of Currency Wars: The Making Of The Next Global Crisis .   ...

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The euro's surprising rise early this year, even as the European Central Bank flooded the market with liquidity, caught many market participants by surprise. Net short positions in the euro hit a ...

LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES   By Dan Keeler   The improving economic and investment environment makes Angola a tempting target for foreign direct investors. But changes aimed at improving the business environment and building infrastructure must move forward before the country ...

NEW TARIFFS TO COST FOREIGN AUTOMAKERS   By Thomas Clouse   Amid charges that US companies sold automotive parts at prices below production costs, the Chinese government has said it will impose tariffs on imported US-made products.   Harnessing wind ...

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The Japanese yen will hold its own as a safe-haven currency in 2012, while the dollar will be less ugly than the euro, analysts forecast. Based on relative economic growth and expected ...

Shifting Trade Flows And The New Consumer   By Dan Keeler   Fast-growing trade between BRIC countries has been fueled by an expanding middle class. Western rivals face stiff local and regional competition in building emerging markets growth.   A ...

MILESTONES: HUNGARY   By Paula Green   As if a weakening currency, surging public debt and three downgrades to junk bond status since November weren't enough to dissuade investors from sinking money into Hungary, they now have to deal with ...

INDIA TAKES STEPS TO CURB FALLING CURRENCY   By Aaron Chaze   The Indian government finally took steps to bolster inflows of US dollars after the rupee fell by 13% during the last three months of 2011.   Giving buying ...

STATE-OWNED BANKS TO BOOST ENDING   By Antonio Guerrero   Brazil's government is investing more than $500 million this year recapitalizing two state-controlled banks to boost lending.   The nation's Treasury will invest $269 million in the BNDES national development bank ...

For months now public debate around the world has been dominated by the turmoil in Europe...

WHILE PROFITS SOAR, SBERBANK HALTS FOREIGN INVESTMENTS   By Kim Iskyan   Russian state savings bank Sberbank posted a 74% jump in third-quarter profits in late November on the back of sharp growth in lending.   Putin gets poor response in ...

CHINESE REGULATORS TARGET ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR IN STATE-OWNED FIRMS   By Thomas Clouse   Chinese regulators have targeted state-owned enterprises in an anti-monopoly investigation for the first time.   Photo Credit: Chen Wei Seng / Shutterstock.com China’s two largest fixed-line telephone operators—China ...

PLANNING FOR THE EURO CRISIS   By Jonathan Gregson   Given the massive financial and contractual impacts of any breakup of the eurozone, it is only to be expected that international companies with European operations, or ties to Europe are ...