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Insurance

Insurance: Industry On The Brink

Big insurance companies aren’t known for their nimbleness. Many of the largest global insurers have been around for more than a century, and their time-tested business models and operating processes have changed very little. They are like supertankers; for them to change directions takes a long time.

Insurance

Insurers’ Big Bet On Alternative Investments

Life insurance companies used to be conservative investors. For decades, they relied on long-term bonds—safe, steady, and predictable—to match their...

Banking

Appetite For Alternative Assets Grows In Private Banking

Wealthy investors are expected to look beyond stocks and bonds, prompting private banks to expand offerings and expertise. Publicly traded...

Banking

Private Market Assets For The Masses

It used to be tough investing in private market assets. Typically, at least a couple of hundred thousand dollars was...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Optimism Around Equity: Q&A With GW&K Investment Management’s Bill Sterling

Bill Sterling, global strategist for GW&K Investment Management, shares his outlook on global economies and financial markets. Global Finance: What’s...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Boeing’s C-Suite Shuffle

Embattled Boeing announced a wholesale management shake-up last month. David Calhoun, a Boeing board member for 15 years and CEO...

Technology

Global Salon: Q&A With André Casterman

André Casterman, founder of Casterman Advisory, advises fintechs and financial institutions on trade finance, capital markets and digital asset technologies....

Banking

GW Platt Foreign Exchange Bank Awards 2024—Global, Regional And Country Winners

The volatile foreign exchange (FX) markets challenge CFOs and corporate treasurers when managing their currency risks and reporting financial results....

Executive Interviews

Reconstruction Then And Now: Q&A With Former Ukraine National Bank Governor Valeria Gontareva

Valeria Gontareva, governor of the National Bank of Ukraine 2014–2017, knows a few things about rebuilding in the wake of conflict. She talks about how Ukraine’s economy can be restored.

Executive Interviews

Setting Up Sanctions: Q&A With Hagar Chemali

Hagar Chemali, an expert in terrorism financing, has worked at the US Treasury, the National Security Council and the UN. She speaks about sanctions—what works, what doesn’t—and Russia.

News

Russia Sanctions Unite The World

Countries respond to military power with economic might.

Executive Interviews

Beyond The Mailroom: Q&A With Pitney Bowes’ President Of Global Financial Services Christopher Johnson

Christopher Johnson, president of Global Financial Services at Pitney Bowes, speaks about global small business lending and the goals for PB’s Chartered Bank and Financial Services division.