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Foreign Financial Folk Turn Bullish On Trump

As the reality of a Donald Trump presidency sinks in with the world's markets, financial professionals and economic groups are choosing to look at the stimulus that could result from the election of the real estate developer turned reality show star.

News

With SoftBank, Saudis Build $100 Billion Tech Fund

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has joined with Japan's SoftBank Group tolaunch what could become a $100 billion fund to focus on technology investments.

News

Worlds Safest Banks 2016: Global Top 50

Rating upgrades are again driving changes in Global Finance’s ranking of the World’s 50 Safest Banks. Three new banks entered...

News

Worlds Safest Banks 2016: Middle East Top 50

The safest banks in the Middle East are all based in the GCC, with the exception of the two large...

Awards

World’s Safest Banks 2016: Country Winners

Global Finance’s country-by-country ranking of the Safest Banks comprises 104 countries. Sixteen of these countries have a new safest bank...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Algorithms Fingered in Pounds Flash Crash

Algorithms reading Twitter may have sent the pound tumbling for no good reason.

News

Arab Banks Struggle to Maintain Correspondent Relationships

According to a recent IMF, World Bank and Arab Monetary Fund report, 40% of Arab banks are experiencing “a significant decline” in the scale of correspondent banking relationships. The report shows 167 terminated accounts in 2015 compared to 71 in ...

News

Broverman: Tech To Extend Advisory’s Reach

Eli Broverman is president and co-founder of Betterment, a provider of automated online investment advice—“robo-advisory.” He visitedGlobal Financeto discuss technology and asset management.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Central Banks Contemplate Issuing Digital Currencies

With interest rates in negative territory and quantitative easing having run its course, central bankers are thinking about turning to cryptocurrencies to solve problems.

News

Colombia: Unsettled After Voters Nix Peace

Columbian voters stunned observers on October 2 by rejecting the peace deal between the government of president Juan Manuel Santos and the guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), despite a 52-year civil war that has claimed approximately 220,000 ...

Country Report

Croatia: Seeking Stability

Like other geographic regions once under communist rule, Croatia has traveled a chaotic road to statehood, but it is now solidifying its economic and political progress.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Editorial: Ode To Stability

Letter from the editor on Global Finance's annual ranking of the World's Safest Banks.