Finance

Covering equities, fixed income, derivatives, foreign exchange and macro‑economic policy, the Finance section draws on Global Banking & Finance Review’s market analysis and investment coverage. Articles provide data‑driven insights and strategies for investors, analysts and policymakers.

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Finance

Brits bump up home claims by an extra £246m per year

AXA, one of the UK’s leading home insurers, believes exaggerated home insurance claims are costing e...

11th May, 2011

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Standard Bank Group joint-book runner for landmark African sovereign transaction

The Republic of Senegal has issued its debut 144A/RegS benchmark sovereign bond. The US$500-million...

11th May, 2011

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Intense interest as power producers line up for R30bn renewables stake

The appetite of local and international independent power producers (IPPs) to play a part in South A...

11th May, 2011

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Macroprudential policy: building financial stability institutions – speech by Paul Tucker

Speaking at the 20th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference in New York, Paul Tucker – Deputy Governor fo...

11th May, 2011

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The short long – Paper by Andrew Haldane and Richard Davies

In a paper to be presented at the 29th SUERF (Société Universitaire Européene de Recherches Financiè...

11th May, 2011

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Monetary and financial stability in the euro area

Speech by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Before turning to my assigne...

11th May, 2011

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Philippines’ Local Governments Improving Business Regulation and Empowering Entrepreneurs, Finds World Bank Group

O ver the past two years, 13 out of 20 cities in the Philippines carried out 19 regulatory improveme...

30th December, 2010

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Climate Finance Information At Your Fingertips

T o help developing countries make sense of the multitude of funds and instruments available for cli...

29th December, 2010

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Bank of England / GfK NOP Inflation Attitudes Survey

Highlights from the survey Q uestion 1: Asked to give the current rate of inflation, responde...

29th December, 2010

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Spending remains sluggish across Australia

after contracting for ten consecutive months, spending across Australia remained slow in October, ac...

11th December, 2010

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Recovery and growth of the South African debt capital markets

There has been resurgence of debt issuance in 2010 to unprecedented levels, particularly from global...

11th December, 2010

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A Week Away from COP 16, Mexico Receives US$713.24 Million from WB to Fight Climate Change

The World Bank (WB) Board of Directors approved today a package of three initiatives totaling US$713...

11th December, 2010