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Banking

Cover Story : World’s Best Banks 2003

AFTER WEATHERING TWO terrible years, the worlds banks must have been looking forward to a less tempestuous time in 2003....

Banking

High energy prices could prove to be a tonic for a market that has been under the weather for the...

Special Section

ITS BEEN A TUMULTUOUS YEAR for the worlds central bankers. There have been resignations, falls from grace, surprise appointmentsand, of...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

CLS Bank was introduced to address foreign exchange settlement risk in the interbank market,but its risk-reduction and netting benefits could...

News

As the profitability of pure custody services continues to decline, global custodians are realizing their dreams of moving up the...

News

EUROPE The euros slump against the US dollar and the Japanese yen may have further to run, as long as...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

If the Turkish government can resist the temptations of a pre-election splurge, the countrys economic future looks brighter than it...

News

Global Finance ranks the worlds biggest 50 banks as measured by total assets. LAST YEAR WAS YET another tough one...

News

Global Finance selects the Worlds Safest Banks, the 50 institutions with the highest ratings from the leading international credit ratings...

News

CHINA/UNITED STATES RISING YUAN COULD GREASE DOLLARS SKIDS The United States began throwing its weight around in China lastmonth, with...

News

IRAQ A MODEST START FOR BANKING IN IRAQ At the end of August the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

NORTH AMERICA SMALL FIRM WITH GIANT CUSTOMERS MAKES A NAME FOR ITSELF IN THE SUPPLY-CHAIN PLANNING BUSINESS Privately held technology...