International Finance

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Economy

Calibrating 2014

BY OTAVIANO CANUTO. 8th January 2014 The global economy looks poised to display better growth performance in 2014. Leading indicators are pointing upward – or at least to stability – in major growth poles. However, for this to translate into reality policymakers will need to be nimble enough to calibrate responses to idiosyncratic challenges. Consider...
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Cloud–network integration is coming to global cloud services

By Mike Sapien,Principal Analyst, Enterprise 7th January 2014 Cloud services have been available for several years, and any provider of enterprise services or hardware is now a cloud service provider. Recently, new services have been emerging that offer different versions and types of cloud–network integration (CNI) services. Most cloud services are networks of cloud services...
Economy

Hope for Cuba’s oil industry

It is the result of the thaw in relations with the US Kamilia Lahrichi January 6, 2015: After five decades of ostracism, the thaw between the United States and Cuba, announced by both Presidents — Barack Obama and Raul Castro — on December 17, could invigorate the island’s oil industry as it has significant resources...
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Editor’s Epistle

2014 looks good, but read us to stay ahead! January 2014 On behalf of the entire International Finance Magazine team let me first wish all our readers and clients a very happy and prosperous New Year. Welcome to the brave new world of 2014. The past year was tough. According to the International Monetary Fund’s...
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Editor’s Epistle

2014 looks good, but read us to stay ahead! January 2014 On behalf of the entire International Finance Magazine team let me first wish all our readers and clients a very happy and prosperous New Year. Welcome to the brave new world of 2014. The past year was tough. According to the International Monetary Fund’s...
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Maximising the returns from international market opportunities

Written by Jonathan Pryor, head of FX Dealing, Investec Corporate Treasury 17th December 2013 With the right currency management solutions companies should be able to maximise the returns from international market opportunities. Last week, over 100 UK business leaders headed to China as part of the Prime Minister’s trade delegation, many of whom were no...
Banking

The implications of providing a personal guarantee

Written by Fiona Jewell, a solicitor in the Corporate and Commercial team at Thomson Snell & Passmore Solicitors.  December 17,  2013 : The implications for a guarantor can be far reaching and the specific terms of the personal guarantee should be considered carefully. In the aftermath of the recession, the requirement for a personal guarantee from...
Economy

Shifting the Gear toward Green Growth

By Stephen Groff, Vice-President for East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific at the Asian Development Bank. 9th December 2013 The uncertain global economy has created a volatile environment for policy makers in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Weak external demand and domestic imbalances pose challenges to economic growth. However, it also creates an...
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IT Management Evolves

By Paul DiBlasi, Director, Enhanced Services Product Management. 12th December 2013 A rose by any other name might smell as sweet but I doubt Shakespeare would extend the same courtesy to IT management. So why are the terms outsourcing, managed services and enhanced services often used interchangeably when they represent different points on the value...
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Compliance Driving Information Governance

Posted by Nick Patience 12th December 2013 If the explosion of big data were not enough to drive organizations to consider implementing an information governance strategy, the increasing number of regulations that businesses must comply with will certainly bring information governance to the forefront of every executive’s mind. Regulations such as Solvency II, Dodd-Frank, HIPAA,...