Emerging & Frontier Markets
Oman: Looking Up
After relative success containing Covid-19, Oman looks to gas production and new revenue sources to cure its budget headaches.
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Features
Private Banking: Raising The Game
The Covid crisis is hastening banks’ adjustment to digital. But knowing a financial client is not the same as knowing a subscriber’s TV preferences.
News
Rio Tinto Vows Cleanup
The fallout from the Juukan Gorge scandal has put executives at other mining companies on alert.
News
Super Mario Takes A Bow
Former European Central Bank President MarioDraghi becomes Prime Minister of Italy.
News
Unicredits New Ceo Is A Dealmaker
Andrea Orcel’s first major decision is likely to be the takeover of one of the country’s most troubled banks, state-owned Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
WTO’s Consensus Builder
The World Trade Organization gets its first woman and first African leader.
Features
Digital Imperative: Q&A With IBM’s Likhit Wagle
Likhit Wagle, general manager of Global Banking & Financial Markets at IBM, speaks to Global Finance about the industry urgency to digitize and counter the threat from Big Tech.
News
Executive Insights: Asia’s Culture Clout
Stuart Wood, a founding partner of design agency Missouri Creative in London, points to Asia’s rising cultural influence—from K-pop to TikTok—as a soft yet powerful facet of its 21st century leadership.
News
Japan: New Beginnings
Tokyo is reviving ambitions to be Asia’s top global financial hub. Many factors, including the country’s fully diversified economy and high level of household savings, favor the effort. But will it work this time around?
News
Leadership Insights: Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike
Governor Yuriko Koike discusses plans, progress and potential hurdles in Tokyo’s efforts to reclaim the mantle of a top world financial center for the 21st century.
Award Ceremonies and Events
Taiwan Roundtable: Poised To Unleash Growth
One of the strongest economies in Asia, Taiwan did relatively well in 2020, both economically and in handling the pandemic. The strength of its tech sector represents both an opportunity and a challenge for the near future, as do potential global and regional trade developments. Leaders from the Central Bank of Taiwan and five banks active on the island took up these topics and more in a recent Global Finance roundtable.
News
The Asian Century
With a major new trade deal, favorable demographics and relative success managing the pandemic, Asia is fast assuming global leadership. Has the “Asian Century” just begun?