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Award Winners

The World’s Best Internet Banks Round 2

EVOLUTION AND INNOVATION By Adam Rombel The awards go to both large international and local banks—showing that technology creates new opportunities and a global playing field. In this, the second of a two-part series, Global Finance recognizes the best ...

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Woodford Out Of The Picture At Olympus

NEWSMAKERS: JAPAN By Luca Ventura When Michael Woodford was promoted to president and then CEO of camera and medical equipment maker Olympus Corporation earlier this year, analysts and investors had high hopes for the future of the 92-year-old ...

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World’s BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS 2012

Global Finance names the World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2012 NEW YORK, November 21, 2011 Global Finance magazine has named...

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Best Treasury and Cash Management Awards 2012

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50 BIGGEST BANKS IN EMERGING MARKETS 2011

Global Finance ranks the 50 Biggest Banks in Emerging Markets NEW YORK, November 7, 2011 Global Finance reveals its fourth...

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World’s Best Trade Finance Provider Award 2012

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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Albania Aims To Be Green Energy Superpower

NEWSMAKERS: ALBANIA By Dan Keeler As most of Europe’s leaders tighten the screws on their battered economies, tiny Albania, one of the continent’s poorest nations, is pushing ahead with an ambitious plan intended to substantially boost foreign direct ...

Banking

Carney A Strong Candidate To Head The Financial Stability Board

NEWSMAKERS: CANADA By Joel Kranc In late September, the international financial community was abuzz with the news that Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, had publicly chided the head of a central bank over his views; views that ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company To Watch: Alfa / Mexico

ALFA GROUP GROWS THROUGH ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Monterrey-based Alfa, one of Mexico’s largest industrial groups, has four business lines, comprising petrochemicals, aluminum auto parts, processed food and telecommunications. Earlier this year it became the sole shareholder ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

DR News: Indian GDRs Suffered In 2010

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Gordon Platt Investors lost money in 85% of the 40 global depositary receipts (GDRs) issued by Indian companies in 2010, according to an analysis by Crisil Research, a credit rating firm majority-owned ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM Infrastructure Needs Triple By 2030

MILESTONES: EMERGING MARKETS By Gordon Platt Demand for infrastructure in emerging markets will reach $1 trillion annually through 2030, triple the level of the previous two decades, with Asia accounting for the lion’s share, according to a study ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM News: EM Corporate Debt Offers Yield

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Gordon Platt Investors are showing increasing interest in emerging markets’ corporate bonds, which offer diversification and better yields, according to a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The firm held an ...