News & Features Archive

Join the global community of corporate and public-sector finance industry leaders reading Global Finance monthly in print.

Click Here

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

How Digital Disruptors Could Transform Trade Finance

Inside Sibos | Day 2 If digital tracking can be baked into the physical flow of goods, via the IoT, then many of the bottlenecks to trade financing can be removed.

Features

CIPS Is Out Of The Crib How Fast Will It Grow?

Inside Sibos 2015 | Day 1 The launch of CIPS deserves fanfare—depending on whom you listen to.

Features

Harmony And Tempo: The Status Of Real-Time Payments

Inside SIBOS | Day 1 How does the status of real-time or faster payments look today?

Features

SWIFT-accelerated Connectivity Between Banks And Corporates

Inside SIBOS | Day 1 Developments in connectivity between corporates, business networks and banks is accelerating due to cloud technology. However, a ‘Tower of Babel’ problem persists.

Features

When Will Real-Time Clearing & Settlement Come?

Inside SIBOS | Day 1 In the second of our articles on real-time payments, we look at the implications of the move to real-time for clearing and settlement.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

A Bridge Too Far? New AIIB Head In Tough Spot

Newsmakers | China At the beginning of September, the fledgling Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank took an important step forward with the appointment of its first president.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Africa 2015 Supplement | Table Of Contents

The real question for Africa now is not so much about past economic performance but about what’s coming next.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

African Infrastructure Projects Spur FDI Investment

As Africa improves transport and telecommunications links, it’s creating countless opportunities for foreign direct investment.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

African Slowdown Now, Long-Term Positive

No region of the world has generated an average annual growth rate of 5.5% over the past 20 years—except Africa. In sub-Saharan Africa, GDP has expanded by 40% since 2009.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

At the UN Global Compact, Kingo Must Sustain Gains

Newsmakers | United Nations When the United Nations Global Compact was launched 15 years ago at the New York Stock Exchange, Lise Kingo was entrenched on the corporate responsibility frontline in Europe.

Awards

Best In Class 2015

A selection of winners from Global Finance’s awards program over the past year.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Best-Performing African Public Companies 2015

African Gems | Alexandria Container and Cargo tops Global Finance’s first annual ranking of the 25 Best-Performing Companies in Africa.