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Editor's Letter

THE IMF OLYMPICS

Dear Reader The annual meetings in Washington, D.C., of the IMF and the World Bank afford a unique mix of events where economic forecasts are made, meetings held, official statements delivered, and award ceremonies (including Global Finance's Best Banks) conducted.

Features

Trade Documentation Solutions To Drive EM Trade Growth

Inside Sibos | Review From a product perspective, a key area of commitment is related to trade documentation: “We have been active in this area for many years and it is undergoing transformation. I am convinced that BPO [bank payment obligations] will have success..."

Features

Seeing Opportunity In Obstacles

Inside Sibos | Day 3 “Global Transaction Banking is the fastest growing unit in Société Générale,” says Christian Behaghel, head of GTB at Societe Generale. “It is a very stable business, and while we generate something like 6% of the total revenue of the bank, we are experiencing growth of our revenue of 10-15% a year.” This compares, he says to some areas of retail banking that have 0-2% growth a year.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The Future Of Banking—Italian Style

Inside Sibos | Day 2 “Honestly I am here more to learn than for any other reason. And to understand what the banking system can become,” notes Antonio Patuelli, president of the Italian Banking Association, discussing SWIFT’s Sibos conference in Boston.

Features

Treasury In An Integrated World

Corporate Forum | Treasury In An Integrated World SWIFT’s Sibos conference is certainly the place where banks and financial services firms showcase their solutions and meet clients—both during the conference and at the trade show. And in the Corporate Forum, one of the conference streams which will take place on October 1 and 2, the focus is even more precise.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

PUTTING THE BREAKS ON GLOBAL TRADE

DEAR READER Do ongoing conflicts and increasing geopolitical tensions represent a threat to globalization, or are they simply redesigning the map of the world?

Banking

ECONOMIC AFTERSHOCKS

DEAR READER Geopolitical instability seems to be everywhere these days, whether we look to North Africa and the Middle East or Eastern Europe, to Southern Asia or Southeast Asia, and it weighs on financial markets and policymakers worldwide.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Author: Andrea Fiano

THE IMF OLYMPICS

Trade Documentation Solutions To Drive EM Trade Growth

Seeing Opportunity In Obstacles

The Future Of Banking—Italian Style

Treasury In An Integrated World

PUTTING THE BREAKS ON GLOBAL TRADE

ECONOMIC AFTERSHOCKS

EDITOR’S LETTER: SANCTIONS AND GLOBAL DEALS

THE RISING POWER OF CENTRAL BANKS

Editor’s Letter: Diplomacy And Trade

Roundtable: Taiwan

Editor’s Letter: The Fed And Emerging Frailties