Editor's Letter
Editor’s Letter: Low-Altitude Flight
Over the last few weeks of 2012, when brokerage houses and investment banks were presenting their annual forecasts for the new year, there were timid signs of optimism...
Author: Andrea Fiano
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Editor's Letter
Editor’s Letter: As The Mists Burn Off
Now that the US has voted to grant a second term to its president, Barack Obama, and the Chinese ruling party has selected Xi Jinping as its new leader and future president, one big layer of uncertainty has faded from the international scene...
Banking
Editor’s Letter: Forecasts May Be Down,But Hope Is Rising
The annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Tokyo in October confirmed that the economic slowdown of Europe, and to a lesser extent of Japan and the US, has negatively affected emerging markets growth...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Editor’s letter: Excellence Amid Uncertainty
The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Tokyo opens under the shadow of continuing economic uncertainty...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Editor’s Letter: The Demand Dilemma
In the Western world, September is synonymous with the beginning of the school year, and represents the resumption of full economic activity after summer vacation...
Editor's Letter
Editor’s Letter: Anniversary Issue 2012
Many people are responsible for creating and sustaining <em> Global Finance </em> ...
Features
Words Of Wisdom: Carlo Bozotti, STMicroelectronics
INNOVATION AND CONSUMERIZATION By Andrea Fiano Carlo Bozotti has been the president and CEO of STMicroelectronics since 2005. His company, like Global Finance, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. It is one of the world's leading electronics and ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Words Of Wisdom: Guo Guangchang, Fosun Group
INTERNATIONAL VISION By Andrea Fiano Guo Guangchang is the chairman of Chinese conglomerate Fosun Group. Fosun International was established in 1992 and now ranks among China's top 100 enterprises. Global Finance: What key changes defined the past 25 ...
Editor's Letter
Editor’s Letter: Summer Revival?
The summer has been alive with global central bank activityfrom lower interest rates to new and more creative monetary measures...
Editor's Letter
Editor’s Letter: Declining Consensus
For the past couple of years much international economic debate has focused on issues of growth and austerity, while regulatory debate has focused on Basel III and systemic risks...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Editor’s Letter: BRIC By BRIC
The outgoing president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, recently made a statement that we consider particularly relevant to our readers...
Editor's Letter
Editor’s Letter: Ratings And Reform
This month we look at ratings and ratings agencies in two different, and only apparently contrasting, ways...