Award Ceremonies and Events
Best Bank Awards 2013: The Ceremony
All the winners from our 2013 ceremony, which was held on Oct. 12 at the IMF/World Bank annual meeting in Washington, DC.
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VIDEO Best Bank Awards
The full ceremony, held this year in Washington, DC during the week of the IMF/World Bank annual meeting.
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Adnan Ahmed Yousif, Al Baraka
The President and Chief Executive of Al Baraka Banking Group says Islamic banks haven't been hurt by the global financial crisis because they don't buy debt or use derivatives.
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Governor Amando Tetangco Jr., Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
The head of the central bank of the Philippines says the country has been able to keep its economy rolling along -- despite the specter of quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve Board. And in a contrarian take, he says he's also bullish on prospects for emerging markets.
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Marco Roddenhof, Rabobank
The Global Head (Capital Markets) at Rabobank -- named the safest commercial bank by Global Finance -- says the restructuring of Europe's banking sector still has a ways to go.
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Theodore Roosevelt IV, Barclays
Theodore Roosevelt IV, Managing Director (Investment Banking) at Barclays Capital, on the mood at this year's IMF/World Bank meeting.
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Albert Essien, Ecobank
Ecobank's Deputy Group CEO, Corporate & Investment Bank, on Africa's vast potential -- and why it's crucial the potential is realized 'very quickly.'
Banking
BOOK REVIEW: Greenspan: Still hazy after all these years
<em style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">The Map and the Territory, by Alan Greenspan,<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">weaves personal experience and a career that spanned the good part of 60 years—18 of those at the helm of the US central bank—into economic analysis.</span>
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Carlos Briceo Ros, Banco Lafise Bancentro
The General Manager at Banco Lafise Bancentro discusses the bank's being named the Best Bank in Nicaragua for the second year in a row. He also explains why tapering by the US Federal Reserve won't have a big impact on the country.
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Diana Layfield, Standard Chartered
The CEO (Africa Region) for Standard Chartered Bank on the sudden interest in Africa's burgeoning consumer class.
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Dr. Lutz-Christian Funke, KfW
The Director at KfW -- named the safest bank for 2013 by Global Finance -- says the jitters about Europe's southern economies have finally started to settle down.
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Karnit Flug, Governor, Bank of Israel
On October 20, Flug was named Governor of the Israeli central bank, following months of in-fighting and political wrangling over who would fill the position vacated by long-time governor Stanley Fischer.