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TOP 5 LATIN AMERICAN TECH HUBS Top 5 Latin American tech hubs. Latin America is fast emerging as one of the world’s most exciting tech hubs. While the COVID-19 recession has impacted tech investment in the region, the continent’s entrepreneurial start-up communities are proving resilient in testingtimes
DIGITAL AND CUSTOMER-FOCUSED INNOVATION FOR THE CUSTOMER Established in 1946, Garanti BBVA has steadily grown to become Turkey’s second largest private bank, with consolidated assets of close to TRY 526bn ($68.5bn) as of September 2020. Its investments in technology, innovation, products and services – offered with strict adherence to quality and customer satisfaction – have carried it tothis
TOP 5 WAYS THAT GDPR HAS IMPACTED DIGITAL BANKING Having reached the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we can now begin to assess how the past 12 months have marked a transition to a new data-protection regime and what the consequences have been for digital banking.. Although the legislation has no doubt resulted in a more demanding regulatory landscape, many of the ELON MUSK’S FIVE MOST AMBITIOUS PROJECTS Elon Musk’s five most ambitious projects. Elon Musk is known for his go-getting attitude when it comes to introducing new technologies. We round up five of his craziest ventures. From interplanetary travel to green energy, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk is on a mission to change humanity. Combining unbridled creativity with shrewd business THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA FOR RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Many banks have a typically top-down perspective on enterprise risk management (ERM). This approach underestimates the importance of data, the core bottom-up enabler for ERM, and compromises the bigger-picture requirements of a sound ERM framework, including the longer-term strategic advantages of a solid data foundation. THE REGULATORY LEGACY OF LEHMAN BROTHERS The regulatory legacy of Lehman Brothers. The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 produced an immediate and obvious disaster. The aftermath was a global financial meltdown whose intense phase lasted for over six months, and which led to trade and output declines as rapid as those of. the Great Depression. Investment Banking. DEUTSCHE BANK’S FALL FROM GRACE: HOW ONE OF THE WORLD’S Deutsche Bank’s fall from grace: how one of the world’s largest lenders got into hot water. Once the largest lender in the world by assets, Deutsche Bank’s reputation has been dented by allegations of money laundering, questions over its dealings with the US president and a series of profit warnings US DOLLAR FALLS UNDER TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY With the US dollar continuing to drop in value, Donald Trump is discovering that political uncertainty has economic consequences. The almighty dollar is struggling. The currency has lost 10 percent of its value so far in 2017, marking its worst start to a year since 2002. Although currency fluctuations are inevitable, the dollar is nowfalling
TAXATION DURING A PANDEMIC: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES The COVID-19 crisis has seriously disrupted the world order, while at the same time putting significant pressure on public finances. Firstly, the flow of tax revenues is patchy and irregular, due to the decrease in the global taxable base, or the lengthening of the time taken by taxpayers to pay their taxes. TOP 5 WFH HABITS, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL Top 5 WFH habits, according to the world’s most successful business leaders. With remote working becoming the ‘new normal’ in 2020, workers across the globe have been adjusting to new daily routines andhabits.
TOP 5 LATIN AMERICAN TECH HUBS Top 5 Latin American tech hubs. Latin America is fast emerging as one of the world’s most exciting tech hubs. While the COVID-19 recession has impacted tech investment in the region, the continent’s entrepreneurial start-up communities are proving resilient in testingtimes
DIGITAL AND CUSTOMER-FOCUSED INNOVATION FOR THE CUSTOMER Established in 1946, Garanti BBVA has steadily grown to become Turkey’s second largest private bank, with consolidated assets of close to TRY 526bn ($68.5bn) as of September 2020. Its investments in technology, innovation, products and services – offered with strict adherence to quality and customer satisfaction – have carried it tothis
TOP 5 WAYS THAT GDPR HAS IMPACTED DIGITAL BANKING Having reached the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we can now begin to assess how the past 12 months have marked a transition to a new data-protection regime and what the consequences have been for digital banking.. Although the legislation has no doubt resulted in a more demanding regulatory landscape, many of the ELON MUSK’S FIVE MOST AMBITIOUS PROJECTS Elon Musk’s five most ambitious projects. Elon Musk is known for his go-getting attitude when it comes to introducing new technologies. We round up five of his craziest ventures. From interplanetary travel to green energy, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk is on a mission to change humanity. Combining unbridled creativity with shrewd business THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA FOR RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Many banks have a typically top-down perspective on enterprise risk management (ERM). This approach underestimates the importance of data, the core bottom-up enabler for ERM, and compromises the bigger-picture requirements of a sound ERM framework, including the longer-term strategic advantages of a solid data foundation. THE REGULATORY LEGACY OF LEHMAN BROTHERS The regulatory legacy of Lehman Brothers. The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 produced an immediate and obvious disaster. The aftermath was a global financial meltdown whose intense phase lasted for over six months, and which led to trade and output declines as rapid as those of. the Great Depression. Investment Banking. DEUTSCHE BANK’S FALL FROM GRACE: HOW ONE OF THE WORLD’S Deutsche Bank’s fall from grace: how one of the world’s largest lenders got into hot water. Once the largest lender in the world by assets, Deutsche Bank’s reputation has been dented by allegations of money laundering, questions over its dealings with the US president and a series of profit warnings US DOLLAR FALLS UNDER TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY With the US dollar continuing to drop in value, Donald Trump is discovering that political uncertainty has economic consequences. The almighty dollar is struggling. The currency has lost 10 percent of its value so far in 2017, marking its worst start to a year since 2002. Although currency fluctuations are inevitable, the dollar is nowfalling
THE FIVE MAIN IMPERATIVES FOR BANKS IN A POST-PANDEMIC ERA As a result, I see five main imperatives for banks, to position ourselves for the strategic long-term changes already underway in the post-pandemic era, encompassing: redesigning our service model, transforming digitally, adopting new smart ways of working, alongside with strengthening our risk management, and bringing environmental,social and
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New kids on the block Blockchain first rose to fame as the underlying technology behind bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that was supposed to herald the beginning of the end for long-established financial businesses. This meant that, at first, the technology doesn’t seem like an obvious fit for commercial banks. However, much of the discussion around blockchain has now moved beyond TOP 5 WFH HABITS, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL Top 5 WFH habits, according to the world’s most successful business leaders. With remote working becoming the ‘new normal’ in 2020, workers across the globe have been adjusting to new daily routines andhabits.
AFRICA’S 56 MILLION MISSING HOMES: SHELTER AFRIQUE Shelter Afrique is a pan-African development finance institution, funding low cost, high volume housing in 44 countries across the continent. According to its centre of excellence, there is an urgent crisis in urban housing, with 56 million homes needed in African cities – and that number is BANKING | WORLD FINANCE Angolan enterprise goes global. Founded on November 14, 1996, BAI is today a dynamic bank using the most up-to-date technology. The bank gives special attention to a more efficient and personalised market approach, working to become an essential business partner THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AN EU RECOVERY FUND WOULD HAVE The announcement dropped like a bomb in European capitals, most of which were still under strict lockdowns. In a joint press conference, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron proposed an EU recovery fund that would offer €500bn ($569.2bn) in grants as an economic lifeline to pandemic-stricken members of theunion.
MARKETS | WORLD FINANCE Sapporo sees strong North America growth. Sapporo Holdings is considering expanding its production capacity in North America to capitalise on the region’s strong growth prospects BANKING | WORLD FINANCE Dubai creditors may get multiple options. Lenders to Dubai World will get a range of options including full repayment once Abu Dhabi decides how much additional support it will give its debt-laden neighbour, sources close to the discussions said A HISTORY OF THE VATICAN BANK Born in Geneva in 1958, the German banker founded the finance house Von Freyberg in 1991, before a series of senior management roles at German firms. He quickly set about opening up the Vatican Bank and making it more transparent, as well as adopting a zero tolerance approach to suspicious activities. FEATURED | WORLD FINANCE Russia’s banking sector continues to stabilise amid clean-up operation. Sovcombank and other leading financial institutions in Russia are benefiting from the Russian Central Bank’s clean-up operation, as the sector’s landscape becomes more stable and conducive to healthy competition TOP 5 KEYS TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN 2021 Here, World Finance takes a look at the key factors that will impact global economic recovery in the 12 months to come. 1 – A successful, widespread vaccine roll-out. Unsurprisingly, the effective and widespread deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine had to be top of ourlist.
TAXATION DURING A PANDEMIC: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES The COVID-19 crisis has seriously disrupted the world order, while at the same time putting significant pressure on public finances. Firstly, the flow of tax revenues is patchy and irregular, due to the decrease in the global taxable base, or the lengthening of the time taken by taxpayers to pay their taxes. A HISTORY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE A mechanism for fixed exchange rates was established with the appointment of the US dollar as the international reserve currency. It was decided that international agencies would be created in order to monitor economic activity across the globe. Representatives of 45 countries signed the agreement and the Bretton Woods System was born. TOP 5 WFH HABITS, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL Top 5 WFH habits, according to the world’s most successful business leaders. With remote working becoming the ‘new normal’ in 2020, workers across the globe have been adjusting to new daily routines andhabits.
TOP 5 LATIN AMERICAN TECH HUBS Top 5 Latin American tech hubs. Latin America is fast emerging as one of the world’s most exciting tech hubs. While the COVID-19 recession has impacted tech investment in the region, the continent’s entrepreneurial start-up communities are proving resilient in testingtimes
RACE FOR THE SUPERFUEL This is a race with profound consequences for the planet, and even Big Oil is joining in. ExxonMobil, for example, is working with Synthetic Genomics to develop algae into a viable biofuel for transport. The goal is to produce 10,000 barrels a day – equivalent to 3.65 million barrels a year – by 2025. “With continued breakthroughs on the THE RISE OF ESG AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLIANCE The rise of ESG and the importance of compliance. Environmental, social and governance issues have shot up the corporate, social and political agenda over the past 18 months; ‘ESG’ is the acronym du jour, and the need to align business models with these concerns hasnever been greater.
ELON MUSK’S FIVE MOST AMBITIOUS PROJECTS Elon Musk’s five most ambitious projects. Elon Musk is known for his go-getting attitude when it comes to introducing new technologies. We round up five of his craziest ventures. From interplanetary travel to green energy, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk is on a mission to change humanity. Combining unbridled creativity with shrewd business THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA FOR RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Many banks have a typically top-down perspective on enterprise risk management (ERM). This approach underestimates the importance of data, the core bottom-up enabler for ERM, and compromises the bigger-picture requirements of a sound ERM framework, including the longer-term strategic advantages of a solid data foundation. US DOLLAR FALLS UNDER TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY With the US dollar continuing to drop in value, Donald Trump is discovering that political uncertainty has economic consequences. The almighty dollar is struggling. The currency has lost 10 percent of its value so far in 2017, marking its worst start to a year since 2002. Although currency fluctuations are inevitable, the dollar is nowfalling
TOP 5 KEYS TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN 2021 Here, World Finance takes a look at the key factors that will impact global economic recovery in the 12 months to come. 1 – A successful, widespread vaccine roll-out. Unsurprisingly, the effective and widespread deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine had to be top of ourlist.
TAXATION DURING A PANDEMIC: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES The COVID-19 crisis has seriously disrupted the world order, while at the same time putting significant pressure on public finances. Firstly, the flow of tax revenues is patchy and irregular, due to the decrease in the global taxable base, or the lengthening of the time taken by taxpayers to pay their taxes. A HISTORY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE A mechanism for fixed exchange rates was established with the appointment of the US dollar as the international reserve currency. It was decided that international agencies would be created in order to monitor economic activity across the globe. Representatives of 45 countries signed the agreement and the Bretton Woods System was born. TOP 5 WFH HABITS, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL Top 5 WFH habits, according to the world’s most successful business leaders. With remote working becoming the ‘new normal’ in 2020, workers across the globe have been adjusting to new daily routines andhabits.
TOP 5 LATIN AMERICAN TECH HUBS Top 5 Latin American tech hubs. Latin America is fast emerging as one of the world’s most exciting tech hubs. While the COVID-19 recession has impacted tech investment in the region, the continent’s entrepreneurial start-up communities are proving resilient in testingtimes
RACE FOR THE SUPERFUEL This is a race with profound consequences for the planet, and even Big Oil is joining in. ExxonMobil, for example, is working with Synthetic Genomics to develop algae into a viable biofuel for transport. The goal is to produce 10,000 barrels a day – equivalent to 3.65 million barrels a year – by 2025. “With continued breakthroughs on the THE RISE OF ESG AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLIANCE The rise of ESG and the importance of compliance. Environmental, social and governance issues have shot up the corporate, social and political agenda over the past 18 months; ‘ESG’ is the acronym du jour, and the need to align business models with these concerns hasnever been greater.
ELON MUSK’S FIVE MOST AMBITIOUS PROJECTS Elon Musk’s five most ambitious projects. Elon Musk is known for his go-getting attitude when it comes to introducing new technologies. We round up five of his craziest ventures. From interplanetary travel to green energy, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk is on a mission to change humanity. Combining unbridled creativity with shrewd business THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA FOR RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Many banks have a typically top-down perspective on enterprise risk management (ERM). This approach underestimates the importance of data, the core bottom-up enabler for ERM, and compromises the bigger-picture requirements of a sound ERM framework, including the longer-term strategic advantages of a solid data foundation. US DOLLAR FALLS UNDER TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY With the US dollar continuing to drop in value, Donald Trump is discovering that political uncertainty has economic consequences. The almighty dollar is struggling. The currency has lost 10 percent of its value so far in 2017, marking its worst start to a year since 2002. Although currency fluctuations are inevitable, the dollar is nowfalling
AFRICA’S 56 MILLION MISSING HOMES: SHELTER AFRIQUE Shelter Afrique is a pan-African development finance institution, funding low cost, high volume housing in 44 countries across the continent. According to its centre of excellence, there is an urgent crisis in urban housing, with 56 million homes needed in African cities – and that number isBANKING AWARDS
The 2020 World Finance Banking Awards shine a spotlight on the organisations that have excelled across investment, private, retail and commercial banking during the year, helping to protect the industry’s long-term future in difficult circumstances. Congratulations to all our winners. THE FIVE MAIN IMPERATIVES FOR BANKS IN A POST-PANDEMIC ERA As a result, I see five main imperatives for banks, to position ourselves for the strategic long-term changes already underway in the post-pandemic era, encompassing: redesigning our service model, transforming digitally, adopting new smart ways of working, alongside with strengthening our risk management, and bringing environmental,social and
TOP 5 WFH HABITS, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL Top 5 WFH habits, according to the world’s most successful business leaders. With remote working becoming the ‘new normal’ in 2020, workers across the globe have been adjusting to new daily routines andhabits.
DIGITAL AND CUSTOMER-FOCUSED INNOVATION FOR THE CUSTOMER Established in 1946, Garanti BBVA has steadily grown to become Turkey’s second largest private bank, with consolidated assets of close to TRY 526bn ($68.5bn) as of September 2020. Its investments in technology, innovation, products and services – offered with strict adherence to quality and customer satisfaction – have carried it tothis
COULD THE PANDEMIC SPELL THE END OF CORPORATE TRAVEL The pandemic has all but eradicated corporate travel within the last year, leaving airlines and hotels reeling from the effects. We assess the damage to date, and asks whether business travel will ever be the same again. In March 2020, the dawn of coronavirus effectively wiped out global travel in the space of a week – on a scale we’ve MARKETS | WORLD FINANCE Sapporo sees strong North America growth. Sapporo Holdings is considering expanding its production capacity in North America to capitalise on the region’s strong growth prospects FEATURED | WORLD FINANCE Russia’s banking sector continues to stabilise amid clean-up operation. Sovcombank and other leading financial institutions in Russia are benefiting from the Russian Central Bank’s clean-up operation, as the sector’s landscape becomes more stable and conducive to healthy competition BANKING | WORLD FINANCE Dubai creditors may get multiple options. Lenders to Dubai World will get a range of options including full repayment once Abu Dhabi decides how much additional support it will give its debt-laden neighbour, sources close to the discussions said THE ECONOMICS OF KOREAN REUNIFICATION The economics of Korean reunification. With North and South Korea in the process of arranging a fourth summit, talk of uniting the two countries is getting louder. However, much needs to occur before a reunification could be considered economically viable. Considering North and South Korea are still officially at war – the armisticesigned in
TOP 5 KEYS TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN 2021 Here, World Finance takes a look at the key factors that will impact global economic recovery in the 12 months to come. 1 – A successful, widespread vaccine roll-out. Unsurprisingly, the effective and widespread deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine had to be top of ourlist.
TAXATION DURING A PANDEMIC: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES The COVID-19 crisis has seriously disrupted the world order, while at the same time putting significant pressure on public finances. Firstly, the flow of tax revenues is patchy and irregular, due to the decrease in the global taxable base, or the lengthening of the time taken by taxpayers to pay their taxes. A HISTORY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE A mechanism for fixed exchange rates was established with the appointment of the US dollar as the international reserve currency. It was decided that international agencies would be created in order to monitor economic activity across the globe. Representatives of 45 countries signed the agreement and the Bretton Woods System was born. TOP 5 WFH HABITS, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL Top 5 WFH habits, according to the world’s most successful business leaders. With remote working becoming the ‘new normal’ in 2020, workers across the globe have been adjusting to new daily routines andhabits.
TOP 5 KEYS TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN 2021 Here, World Finance takes a look at the key factors that will impact global economic recovery in the 12 months to come. 1 – A successful, widespread vaccine roll-out. Unsurprisingly, the effective and widespread deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine had to be top of ourlist.
TAXATION DURING A PANDEMIC: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES The COVID-19 crisis has seriously disrupted the world order, while at the same time putting significant pressure on public finances. Firstly, the flow of tax revenues is patchy and irregular, due to the decrease in the global taxable base, or the lengthening of the time taken by taxpayers to pay their taxes. A HISTORY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE A mechanism for fixed exchange rates was established with the appointment of the US dollar as the international reserve currency. It was decided that international agencies would be created in order to monitor economic activity across the globe. Representatives of 45 countries signed the agreement and the Bretton Woods System was born. TOP 5 WFH HABITS, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL Top 5 WFH habits, according to the world’s most successful business leaders. With remote working becoming the ‘new normal’ in 2020, workers across the globe have been adjusting to new daily routines andhabits.
TOP 5 LATIN AMERICAN TECH HUBS Top 5 Latin American tech hubs. Latin America is fast emerging as one of the world’s most exciting tech hubs. While the COVID-19 recession has impacted tech investment in the region, the continent’s entrepreneurial start-up communities are proving resilient in testingtimes
RACE FOR THE SUPERFUEL This is a race with profound consequences for the planet, and even Big Oil is joining in. ExxonMobil, for example, is working with Synthetic Genomics to develop algae into a viable biofuel for transport. The goal is to produce 10,000 barrels a day – equivalent to 3.65 million barrels a year – by 2025. “With continued breakthroughs on the THE RISE OF ESG AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLIANCE The rise of ESG and the importance of compliance. Environmental, social and governance issues have shot up the corporate, social and political agenda over the past 18 months; ‘ESG’ is the acronym du jour, and the need to align business models with these concerns hasnever been greater.
ELON MUSK’S FIVE MOST AMBITIOUS PROJECTS Elon Musk’s five most ambitious projects. Elon Musk is known for his go-getting attitude when it comes to introducing new technologies. We round up five of his craziest ventures. From interplanetary travel to green energy, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk is on a mission to change humanity. Combining unbridled creativity with shrewd business THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA FOR RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Many banks have a typically top-down perspective on enterprise risk management (ERM). This approach underestimates the importance of data, the core bottom-up enabler for ERM, and compromises the bigger-picture requirements of a sound ERM framework, including the longer-term strategic advantages of a solid data foundation. US DOLLAR FALLS UNDER TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY With the US dollar continuing to drop in value, Donald Trump is discovering that political uncertainty has economic consequences. The almighty dollar is struggling. The currency has lost 10 percent of its value so far in 2017, marking its worst start to a year since 2002. Although currency fluctuations are inevitable, the dollar is nowfalling
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DIGITAL AND CUSTOMER-FOCUSED INNOVATION FOR THE CUSTOMER Established in 1946, Garanti BBVA has steadily grown to become Turkey’s second largest private bank, with consolidated assets of close to TRY 526bn ($68.5bn) as of September 2020. Its investments in technology, innovation, products and services – offered with strict adherence to quality and customer satisfaction – have carried it tothis
AFRICA’S 56 MILLION MISSING HOMES: SHELTER AFRIQUE Shelter Afrique is a pan-African development finance institution, funding low cost, high volume housing in 44 countries across the continent. According to its centre of excellence, there is an urgent crisis in urban housing, with 56 million homes needed in African cities – and that number is MARKETS | WORLD FINANCE Sapporo sees strong North America growth. Sapporo Holdings is considering expanding its production capacity in North America to capitalise on the region’s strong growth prospects TOP 5 BIGGEST FINANCIAL SCANDALS OF ALL TIME Bernard Madoff. As the head of his own Wall Street investment firm, Bernard Madoff masterminded the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time, defrauding investors of an estimated $64.8bn. It’s believed that the scam could have been in place as early as MARKETS | WORLD FINANCE A decade later, lessons in the Nasdaq collapse. Before the dot-com bubble burst, the Nasdaq composite index hit a record 5,132.52 points – a peak that the technology-heavy market shows no sign of scalingagain any time soon
BANKING | WORLD FINANCE Dubai creditors may get multiple options. Lenders to Dubai World will get a range of options including full repayment once Abu Dhabi decides how much additional support it will give its debt-laden neighbour, sources close to the discussions said FEATURED | WORLD FINANCE Russia’s banking sector continues to stabilise amid clean-up operation. Sovcombank and other leading financial institutions in Russia are benefiting from the Russian Central Bank’s clean-up operation, as the sector’s landscape becomes more stable and conducive to healthy competition BANKING | WORLD FINANCE India central bank lifts rates, signals tightening. India’s central bank has raised key interest rates by 25 basis points and said further rises are likely as it moves to return monetary policy towards pre-crisis settings and battles near double-digit inflation. TOP 5 KEYS TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN 2021 Here, World Finance takes a look at the key factors that will impact global economic recovery in the 12 months to come. 1 – A successful, widespread vaccine roll-out. Unsurprisingly, the effective and widespread deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine had to be top of ourlist.
TAXATION DURING A PANDEMIC: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES The COVID-19 crisis has seriously disrupted the world order, while at the same time putting significant pressure on public finances. Firstly, the flow of tax revenues is patchy and irregular, due to the decrease in the global taxable base, or the lengthening of the time taken by taxpayers to pay their taxes. A HISTORY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE A mechanism for fixed exchange rates was established with the appointment of the US dollar as the international reserve currency. It was decided that international agencies would be created in order to monitor economic activity across the globe. Representatives of 45 countries signed the agreement and the Bretton Woods System was born. TOP 5 WFH HABITS, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL Top 5 WFH habits, according to the world’s most successful business leaders. With remote working becoming the ‘new normal’ in 2020, workers across the globe have been adjusting to new daily routines andhabits.
TOP 5 LATIN AMERICAN TECH HUBS Top 5 Latin American tech hubs. Latin America is fast emerging as one of the world’s most exciting tech hubs. While the COVID-19 recession has impacted tech investment in the region, the continent’s entrepreneurial start-up communities are proving resilient in testingtimes
RACE FOR THE SUPERFUEL This is a race with profound consequences for the planet, and even Big Oil is joining in. ExxonMobil, for example, is working with Synthetic Genomics to develop algae into a viable biofuel for transport. The goal is to produce 10,000 barrels a day – equivalent to 3.65 million barrels a year – by 2025. “With continued breakthroughs on the THE RISE OF ESG AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLIANCE The rise of ESG and the importance of compliance. Environmental, social and governance issues have shot up the corporate, social and political agenda over the past 18 months; ‘ESG’ is the acronym du jour, and the need to align business models with these concerns hasnever been greater.
ELON MUSK’S FIVE MOST AMBITIOUS PROJECTS Elon Musk’s five most ambitious projects. Elon Musk is known for his go-getting attitude when it comes to introducing new technologies. We round up five of his craziest ventures. From interplanetary travel to green energy, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk is on a mission to change humanity. Combining unbridled creativity with shrewd business THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA FOR RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Many banks have a typically top-down perspective on enterprise risk management (ERM). This approach underestimates the importance of data, the core bottom-up enabler for ERM, and compromises the bigger-picture requirements of a sound ERM framework, including the longer-term strategic advantages of a solid data foundation. US DOLLAR FALLS UNDER TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY With the US dollar continuing to drop in value, Donald Trump is discovering that political uncertainty has economic consequences. The almighty dollar is struggling. The currency has lost 10 percent of its value so far in 2017, marking its worst start to a year since 2002. Although currency fluctuations are inevitable, the dollar is nowfalling
TOP 5 KEYS TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN 2021 Here, World Finance takes a look at the key factors that will impact global economic recovery in the 12 months to come. 1 – A successful, widespread vaccine roll-out. Unsurprisingly, the effective and widespread deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine had to be top of ourlist.
TAXATION DURING A PANDEMIC: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES The COVID-19 crisis has seriously disrupted the world order, while at the same time putting significant pressure on public finances. Firstly, the flow of tax revenues is patchy and irregular, due to the decrease in the global taxable base, or the lengthening of the time taken by taxpayers to pay their taxes. A HISTORY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE A mechanism for fixed exchange rates was established with the appointment of the US dollar as the international reserve currency. It was decided that international agencies would be created in order to monitor economic activity across the globe. Representatives of 45 countries signed the agreement and the Bretton Woods System was born. TOP 5 WFH HABITS, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL Top 5 WFH habits, according to the world’s most successful business leaders. With remote working becoming the ‘new normal’ in 2020, workers across the globe have been adjusting to new daily routines andhabits.
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