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GW Platt Foreign Exchange Bank Awards 2025: FX Tech Global Winners

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A comprehensive foreign exchange (FX) exposure management strategy combines tools and techniques to identify, measure, and manage currency risks, empowering businesses to confidently navigate the complexities of the global marketplace. FIS Global , which wins for Best FX Regtech Tool, developed Investment Risk Manager.

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Tanzania: East Africa’s New Powerhouse

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Tanzanias socioeconomic transformation drives economic dominance by attracting substantial investments and dominating intraregional trade. Stable democracy, accompanied by critical economic reforms and interventions, has seen Tanzania emerge as a bastion of foreign direct investment (FDI). Outsiders, however, are taking note.

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Botswana Turns A Political Page

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Driving the downturn is the contraction of the global diamond market, precipitated by reduced production and weakened demand, since diamonds account for 90% of Botswana’s foreign exchange earnings. This has spurred business reforms, improved the investment climate, and strengthened bilateral trade ties.

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World’s Best Investment Banks 2025: Debt

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trillion of investment-grade and $419.8 Investment-grade bond volume is down 14% thus far across the globe and global high-yield volume is 16% lower. So far in 2025, the bank has served as a bookrunner for Mars substantial, eight-part investment-grade bond issue, aimed at financing the acquisition of Pringles maker Kellanova.

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Turkey: Bridging Ambition And Reality

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That goal will depend partly on the success of an associated Foreign Direct Investment Strategy aimed at significantly boosting FDI across the board. Turkey will invest more than $100 billion by 2035 to increase its renewable capacity and modernize its infrastructure, says Dagliogku. The goal is for Turkey to account for 1.5%

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Ethiopia Softens Banking Rules To Boost Foreign Exchange Reserves

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He wants to boost Ethiopia’s foreign exchange reserve, which has dropped dangerously low. The banking sphere in Ethiopia isn’t usually open to foreign investment and is led by two very old and profitable firms, Dashen and Awash Bank. The country’s financial sector is one of the most tightly controlled in Africa.

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ADQ To Purchase Odeabank

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Other shareholders include the International Finance Corporation (IFC), FIG Investment Company and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which have agreed to sell their interests. State-owned ADQ is nevertheless charged with expanding Abu Dhabi’s investment footprint across various sectors and markets.