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Banking

Features : Best Bank in Region: National Bank of Kuwait

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA Prudent risk management has kept National Bank of Kuwaits books relatively clear of non-performing loans, but...

Banking

Time was when emerging economies had to worry about things as mundane as a run on the bank. But now...

Banking

BEST BANKSCENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Bankers at Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BACA) much prefer talking about their exploits in central and...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

GLOBAL Emerging markets often prove whiteknuckle rides, but Citigroup has (once more) earned top spot as best bank, through prudent...

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At a recent roundtable in New York hosted by The Bank of New York industry leaders discussed the progress of...

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CONTINUOUS LINKED SETTLEMENT A new settlement system aims to cut out settlement risk. Way back in June 1974, a small...

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UNITED STATES/IRAQ In China, the families of executed criminals are often invoiced for the fatal bullet.Asking Iraqis to pay debts...

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IRAQ As the war in Iraq reached its apparent endgame in early April, the US Agency for International Development (USAid)...

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JAPAN The number of Japanese hedge funds has risen sharply in the last few yearsby around 50% since 2000but many...

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GERMANY Its just not fair.Thats the complaint of Porsche AG over Deutsche Brses refusal to list its stock on the...

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SOUTH KOREA Until recently, South Koreas recovery from the Asian crisis of five years ago was an easy success story...

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UNITED KINGDOM John Studzinski, with Stephen Green (HSBC CEO-designate) and Stuart Gulliver In a battle between two of the worlds...