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Newsmaker: Turkey Transitions To Investment Grade

NEWSMAKERS: TURKEY By Dan Keeler Turkey’s authorities are concerned that the economic boost provided by an upgrade to investment grade by Fitch Ratings could trigger some unwelcome side effects. Erdem Baç says he can keep inflation in check ...

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Polls and Stats: Emerging Markets Lead Higher Education Grads

Tertiary Degree Graduates Aged 25-34 (in millions) </scr ipt> Tertiary Degrees By Percentage of OECD And G20 Total * OECD estimate based on the same average annual growth rate as that observed between 2000 and 2009 + Germany and ...

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Readers Comments

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR We received the following letter from the Bank of Korea press office. We are not surprised that some of our features generate controversy. We affirm our right to express an editorial stance based on our ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Risk Management: Business Continuity

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED By Paula Green Recent natural disasters in Japan and Thailand highlight the need for companies to insure against business interruption. Photo Credits: RUCHOS / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM About the only sure thing risk managers and their insurers ...

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Salon: Luigi Zingales Populist Revolt

POPULIST REVOLT By Vanessa Drucker Global Finance held its monthly Salon in the magazine’s New York office with Luigi Zingales, professor of entrepreneurship and finance at the Booth School of Business of the University of Chicago and author ...

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STARS OF CHINA 2012

Global Finance names the Stars of China 2012 NEW YORK,September 24, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Global Finance has announced its...

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Stars of China 2012: Bank Winners

By Thomas Clouse BANKS WINNERS BEST CITY COMMERCIAL Bank of Nanjing China's more than 140 city commercial banks are facing increasing competition from each other as well as their bigger national counterparts and smaller rural finance neighbors. Against this competitive ...

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Stars of China 2012: Corporate Winners

By Thomas Clouse CORPORATE WINNERS AUTOMOBILES Great Wall Motors Competition is fierce in China's automotive industry, and slowing sales growth this year has added even more pressure to the country's automotive producers. Great Wall has responded to that pressure with ...

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The Growth Of International Remittances

BANKS FOLLOW THE MIGRANT MONEY TRAIL By Michael Shari Banks in emerging markets are building a lucrative business on remittances sent home by workers in developed nations. Alberto Raúl Guerra Rodríguez has had his hands full for ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Treasury And Trade: Cash Forecasting

HIGH TECH MEETS THE LAW OF INERTIA By Paula Green Treasurers wanting to move to high-end forecasting solutions still face an uphill challenge. Even when a treasurer wants to move to a high-end system for forecasting cash, ...

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Treasury And Trade: Convergence

THE STARS ALIGN By Rebecca Brace As treasurers seek to optimize liquidity and working capital, cash and trade solutions are increasingly in sync. Treasury and trade used to be two separate disciplines. But in recent years there ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Treasury And Trade: Winners’ Circle Trade Finance

DOMINANT REGIONAL PLAYERS By Kathryn Tully Since 2002, Global Finance has honored the best trade finance banks by region and by country based on a number of criteria, including technological innovation, transaction volumes, global coverage, customer service and ...