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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Emerging Markets

MECHANISMS OF GROWTH   By Antonio Guerrero   Twenty-five years ago, Goldman Sachs' Jim O'Neill was still more than a decade away from coining the acronym BRIC to identify the high-growth markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China—an event which signaled ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Words Of Wisdom: Arnold Epke, Ecobank

AFRICA UNBOUND   By Antonio Guerrero   Arnold Epke, group CEO at Ecobank, a pan-African bank founded in 1985 and with a presence in 32 countries, shares his insights on Africa's past, present and prospects.   Global Finance : How will ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Words Of Wisdom: Channa De Silva, LR Global

PEARL OF THE INDIAN OCEAN   By Kim Iskyan   Channa de Silva heads up LR Global Sri Lanka Asset Management, a top Sri Lankan private equity firm. He was previously CEO of the country's Securities Exchange Commission and executive ...

Banking

Words Of Wisdom: David Wilton, International Finance Corporation

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT   By Udayan Gupta   David Wilton is chief investment officer and manager, global private equity, at theWorld Bank's IFC, with responsibility for its investment program in emerging markets funds globally. He is a member of the Pension ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Words Of Wisdom: José Vélez, Cementos Argos

STRONG GROWTH PROSPECTS   By Valentina Pasquali   José Alberto Vélez is the president of Cementos Argos, the leader in the cement industry in Colombia, with operations in the Caribbean—Panama, the Dominican Republic and Haiti—and the United States.   Global Finance: ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Words Of Wisdom: Piyush Gupta, DBS Group

DISINTERMEDIATION AND GLOBALIZATION   By Thomas Clouse   Piyush Gupta is CEO of Singapore's DBS Group Holdings and DBS Bank.   Global Finance: What have been the key financial trends since 1987? Piyush Gupta: On a global level, disintermediation, not just ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Words Of Wisdom: Rubens Amaral, Bladex

HISTORY AT A CROSSROADS   By Valentina Pasquali   Rubens Amaral is the incoming CEO of Bladex, the Foreign Trade Bank of Latin America, a supranational institution that serves the capitalization needs of banks and promotes foreign trade across the region. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Words Of Wisdom: Saad Mohseni, Moby Group

TRANSITION AND TRANSFORMATION   By Valentina Pasquali   Saad Mohseni is the chairman of Moby Group, Afghanistan's largest media conglomerate. Mohseni founded the company in 2002 upon returning home to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban.   Global Finance: What ...

Banking

Words Of Wisdom: Zhang Jianguo, China Construction Bank

A Time Of Profound Change By Thomas Clouse Zhang Jianguo is president and chief executive of China Construction Bank (CCB) . Global Finance: How will China´s financial system change as interest rates liberalize, capital markets develop, and ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Alfa Group Oligarch Leaves TNK-BP Chair

NEWSMAKERS: RUSSIA By Kim Iskyan Mikhail Fridman has overcome a lot of hurdles since his humble beginnings as a window-cleaning entrepreneur in Russia, just as the Soviet Union was unraveling. Fridman faces his most difficult maneuver yet ...

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