Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

ADGMs expansion has propelled the financial sectors share of GDP in the emirate, which has expanded by an average 11% a year over the last three years, says Justin Alexander, director of Khalij Economics and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) analyst for GlobalSource Partners. The emirate manages some $1.7

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Global Finance

APRIL 7, 2025

The region is set to drive global economic growth, powered by its population and tech sector. The Asia-Pacific region (APAC) will lead global economic growth over the next 15 years thanks to several factors, some of which are already manifest and some of which have yet to emerge. billion citizens to 4.6

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Analysts cite mounting economic frustrations, especially among the young, as key to the party’s downfall. Known for efficient governance, a well-functioning civil service, and prudent economic management, the country achieved upper-middle-income status in 2005, showcasing its resilience and progress.

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Global Finance

MARCH 6, 2025

Despite a sluggish economy, Latvia is positioning itself as a prime gateway to the European Union, as foreign capital is flowing into key sectors, and recent reforms underscore its ambitions to become an investment hub in the Baltics. The IMF projects GDP growth of 2.3% in 2025; 2.5% in 2026; and 2.5% Inflation (2024): 1.4%

Transportation 82

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Together, these issues could pose significant threats to economic growth and social progress, analysts warn. None of which, however has thus far discouraged foreign direct investment. Agriculture is attracting investment, as well. Standard & Poor’s had previously reported a positive economic assessment.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The QIA (Qatar Investment Authority) is the wealth manager of the State of Qatar. It was established in 2005 with an overarching objective to create long-term value, as well as two other objectives in support of Qatar’s wealth: providing liquidity when needed to stabilize the local economy and supporting local economic development.

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Global Finance

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru last November, Indonesias new President Prabowo Subianto, who began his term in October, emphasized that foreign investments would be protected by a solid legal framework, and highlighted incentives and a commitment to liberalizing ownership laws. Itll get to $3.65

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CFO Talks

JANUARY 23, 2025

External forceswhether economic, technological, or socialcan quickly turn smooth sailing into turbulent waters. These factors shape the environment in which businesses operate and include: Economic Pressures : Inflation, recessions, or currency fluctuations can impact costs, pricing, and customer spending habits.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Peru boasts a solid economy, rich mineral reserves, and investment opportunities, despite political unrest. Peru has seen continued economic growth for the past two years and this is expected to last at least until the end of 2025. We saw the economic activity print for August come in at 3.5% year-over-year (0.6% y-o-y (1.5%

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Focus CFO

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Economic uncertainties and rapid technological shifts make it essential to have a crystal-clear picture of your revenue pipeline. This is because your sales forecast is the starting point for the operating budget that drives capacity planning, production, direct materials investments, labor investments, capital budgets, and more.

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Global Finance

MARCH 3, 2025

Increasingly the banks limit financing of coal operations, weapons manufacturers, manufacturers of environmentally harmful chemicals, and other businesses deemed detrimental to the environment and societies. Asia wields significant economic influence on the world stage. These loans enable farmers to invest in land and equipment.

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Global Finance

MARCH 3, 2025

This flagship project redefines the areas transition to clean energy and creates new economic opportunities for residents impacted by South Africas Just Energy Transition Investment Plan. The group structured the debt financing for Scatecs Mogobe battery energy storage system project.

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Global Finance

MARCH 4, 2025

As global trade fractures in 2025, companies face rising tariffs, supply chain turmoil, and shifting economic dynamics. Geopolitical pressures are reshaping global economic and financial activity leading to what is commonly called a fractured global economy. Global corporate investment patterns will also be impacted.

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CFO Thought Leader

MARCH 28, 2025

Brendon Sullivan, CFO of 2X, reveals how a post-PE investment reality check led him to pioneer a weekly reporting cadence to drive faster decision-making. Gabi Gantus reflects on her Tesla FP&A experience, where finance partnered closely with operations and even owned the long-term manufacturing roadmap.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The toolbox is open, and the fine-tuning is underway, as China’s policymakers and financial institutions respond to the thorny economic challenges of the post-pandemic era. In particular, banks are finding new ways to reach specific demographics in areas such as payment services and pension fund investment.

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CFO News

JULY 20, 2025

Despite global economic headwinds, Indian IPO fundraising surged to Rs 45,350 crore in the first half of 2025, a 45% increase year-over-year, driven by strong domestic investment and positive investor sentiment.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 6, 2025

How should investors view the relationship between trade policy and inflation in the current economic environment? Gwinn Professor of Economics Masters in Business (coming soon) ~~~ Find all of the previous At the Money episodes here , and in the MiB feed on Apple Podcasts , YouTube , Spotify , and Bloomberg. What was it about?

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 5, 2024

To avoid trade barriers, Chinese companies are investing in Europe. The threatened increase in tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles that could reach as much as 45% boosted the search for joint ventures and direct investments in Europe. billion investment should land near Zaragoza in the Aragon region.

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CFO News

DECEMBER 21, 2024

This funding, part of the Strengthening Multimodal and Integrated Logistics Ecosystem (SMILE) program, will support policy reforms aimed at enhancing efficiency, attracting private investment, and improving supply chain resilience. The program will also promote sustainable economic growth and job creation.

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CFO Talks

MAY 20, 2025

Whether your organisation is teetering on the brink or simply seeking ways to future-proof itself, this episode is packed with practical, battle-tested advice, drawn from real-world recoveries, economic insights, and even ancient strategy. Know yourself, know your enemy, and you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

million in pretax profits in 2023, and a presence in 20 markets on the continent and four global centers—empowering SMEs means fueling Africa’s economic development. The partnership augments the bank’s defining strength: its ability to support intra-African trade and investments critical for SMEs’ growth.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Profitability - Absolute and Relative While we may all agree with the proverbial bottom line being profits, there seems to be no consensus on how best to measure profitability, either from an accounting or an economic perspective.

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Global Finance

APRIL 7, 2025

At first glance, Bulgaria, one of the poorest countries in the EU, might not seem like an obvious destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), given its reputation for slow-moving bureaucracy, limited transparency, and political instability. Foreign Direct Investment: Stock of FDI: $57.4 billion, inflows = 2.8%

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CFO Talks

MARCH 28, 2025

CFOs today are expected to: Align economic performance with environmental and social responsibility. Case Study Highlight: A South African manufacturing firm adopted green accounting after engaging with ICFOA. Finance is more than an economic toolits a powerful lever to transform societies. Welcome to the CFO Club Podcast.

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Global Finance

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

By providing immediate cash flow, SCF helps suppliers avoid the pitfalls of traditional loans that can be challenging to secure during economic downturns. SCF also helps buyers and sellers mitigate the impact of high interest ratesproviding welcome relief from the rising cost of manufacturing goods.

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Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

Conflict aside, the Middle East is anticipating a period of economic growth. The wars in Gaza and Lebanon sent shockwaves across the region: disrupting key trade routes, derailing normalization talks between Israel and Saudi Arabia, accelerating Egypts economic bailout, and precipitating the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.

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Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

The GCCs open-door economic policy is at a crossroads as geo-fragmentation rises and the US-China rivalry heats up. In its latest annual report, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commissiona bipartisan advisory panel of the US Congresssingled out AI tie-ups between Chinese and Gulf firms as a new vector of vulnerability.

Economics 59

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Global Finance

APRIL 4, 2025

In total, this investment will double the $20.5 The White House immediately touted the announcement as further proof that President Trumps economic agenda is working. billion into EV manufacturing near Savannah, Georgia. By 2024, Hyundai had returned to the US and poured $7.6

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Global Finance

JULY 14, 2025

Juan Ariel Jiménez Núñez , former Economics Minister Eduardo Sanz Lovatón, director general of customs, sees the Dominican Republic becoming the Caribbean’s most important logistics center. billion foreign direct investment in 2024 was channelled into manufacturing.

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Global Finance

MAY 6, 2025

Generous immigrant quotas for foreign companies based on amount of paid-up capital, ranging from one automatic immigrant quota for investment between $50,000 and $250,000 to four automatic immi- grant quotas for investment of $700,000 and above. Seven special economic zones, each offering a unique set of incentives and advantages.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Rising Shipping Costs The world has very much changed, and the risks of global manufacturing and transportation have increased tremendously, says Zach Zacharia, associate professor of supply chain management and director of the Center for Supply Chain Research at Lehigh Universitys College of Business. This isnt always easy.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Shearing, Capital Economics: The key is, we dont know what tariffs will be used. As the international community braces for the fallout, 2025 could either signal a reordering of trade relationships or deepen global economic uncertainty. Resistance to sweeping tariffs is expected from the business community and trade-dependent states.

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CFO Share

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

While it’s difficult to predict exactly how a second term might unfold, examining key aspects of Trump’s economic platform can offer some insights. Tariff Benefits As tariffs increase the effective price of foreign goods, domestic manufacturers could see a boost in demand.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The first part of the statement, i.e., that borrowing money increases the expected return on equity in an investment, is true, for the most part, since you have to contribute less equity to get the deal done, and the net income you generate, even after interest payments, will be a higher percentage of the equity invested.

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Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

Best Investment Bank: BofA Securities Against the backdrop of a thriving year for global stock markets and increased activity in the debt spectrum, Bank of America (BofA) Securities managed to catapult its global operations to capture an impressive 43% year-over-year jump in investment banking fees as of the fourth quarter of 2024.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The transcript from this weeks, MiB: Christine Phillpotts, Ariel Investments , is below. Christine Philpots of Aerial Investments has specialized in emerging markets and frontier markets. For most of her career, she has been around the world and if you name a hotspot investing place, she’s been there. Christine Philpots.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 29, 2025

Eventually, he becomes CEO of Voya when the parent company spun out the US holdings into a separate entity, really an a, a fairly unique career path and is sort of uniquely situated to look at the world of investing. You get a bachelor’s in economics from Colgate and then an MBA in finance from NYU Stern.

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