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World’s Biggest Banks 2010

ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD'S BIGGEST BANKS by Dan Keeler Global Finance ranks the world’s 50 biggest banks, as measured by total assets After a tumultuous three years, characterized by colossal write-downs, credit ratings downgrades, nationalizations, bailouts and hurriedly ...

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World’s Safest Banks 2010

ANNUAL SURVEY: SAFEST BANKS by Dan Keeler Global Finance selects the world's safest banks—the 50 institutions with the highest ratings from the leading international credit ratings agencies—and the safest banks in seven regions. It is a measure ...

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WORLD’S 50 BIGGEST BANKS 2010

Global Finance ranks the 50 Biggest Banks Top 10 see $3.2 trillion drop in assets NEW YORK, September 13, 2010...

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WORLD’S TOP CENTRAL BANKERS 2010

Global Finance Magazine names the World’s Top Central Bankers 2010 New York, September 9, 2010 – Global Finance magazine has...

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World’s BEST GLOBAL BANKS 2010

Global Finance names the World’s Best Global Banks 2010 NEW YORK, August 27, 2010 Global Finance magazine has announced its...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TCM: Risks And Rewards

By Anita Hawser Having survived one of the worst recessions on record, companies understand better than ever that treasury management is important for improved efficiency, whether through tightening their accounts-receivable or accounts-payable processes to unlock working capital or limiting ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cement Maker Bags Contracts in LatAm

Emerging Markets Investor: Company To Watch By Gordon Platt Cementos Argos, the leader in the Colombian cement industry, with a 51% market share, is benefiting from growing construction activity in its home market and a healthy backlog of ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Free-Float Rules Could Boost Indian DRs

Emerging Markets Investor: DR News By Gordon Platt India’s finance ministry issued neles in June requiring listed companies to have a public float of at least 25% of their shares. The new rules could prompt a rush of ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Local Government Debt Shadows China

Emerging Markets Investor: News By Gordon Platt Julian Thompson, portfolio manager at Threadneedle Emerging Markets Equity Fund, says he expects China’s economic growth to slow and sees much more opportunity in other parts of the world. Much of ...

Editor's Letter

Looking To The Long Term

After many months of prevarication, ferocious negotiation and somewhat disappointing horse trading, the shape of the new regulatory environments in the US, Europe and the UK is becoming clear...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Running For Cover

UPDATE — ENVIRONMENTAL RISK INSURANCE By Paula L. Green Demand for environmental and climate-change-related insurance is set to rise sharply. Along with more government regulations meant to rein in multinationals’ damage to the environment, the heightened public ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Shine A Little Light On Me

FOCUS — EQUITY DERIVATIVES By Gordon Platt New regulation should improve transparency in the increasingly popular equity derivatives market. The financial reforms signed into law by President Obama on July 21 will substantially change the way many ...