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Global Finances Central Banker Report Cards 2017

The Central Banker Report Cards, published annually by Global Finance since 1994, grade the central bank governors of 83 key countries and the European Union. The heads of the Central Banks of Australia, Honduras, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Paraguay, Russia, Taiwan and the United States received a prestigious “A” grade this year. In addition, the Central Bankers of Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Jordan earned “A-” grades.

Features

Latin America: The Role of Development Banks

Development banks vie with their commercial counterparts to support the growth of regional economies.

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Q&A w/ BTG Pactual: Making A Difference In LatAm

Allan Hadid, chief operating officer of BTG Pactual Asset Management, speaks with Global Finance about investment strategies, local presence and hisfirm’s unusual approach.

Request to Pay Revolutionizes Real-Time Payments

The global payment landscape is experiencing a revolution with the introduction of real-time banking, the rise of digitalisation and new customer expectations. The new Request to Pay messaging service will transform the payments industry and increase usage of real-time payments, offering greater speed, flexibility and control and enhancing the payee and payer relationship.

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Q&A w/ Mercer: Governance And Diversification

Mercer Global Investments'Michael Dempseyspeaks withGlobal Financeabout the growth of multimanager asset management.

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Serbia: Austerity Rules

Serbia findssuccessyet faceschallengesas it works to take its place on the world economic stage.

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Strategy Surpassing Returns

In a Q&A, NISA’sDavid Eichhorn explains how the rising importance ofrisk management is changing the pension business.

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Gulf Cooperation Council Report 2017 | Table Of Contents

An overview with links all the stories in our regional report on the GCC.

Miamis Growing Financial Service Sector Makes Dollars and Sense

Home to the largest concentration of international banks in the United States and the second-largest financial hub outside of New York City, Miami’s roster of high-profile banking and financial services companies continues to grow.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

In Age Of Trump, CEOs Become Activists

Company executivesareunder greater pressure to respond to global issues, as business and politicsintersect in new ways.

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SIBOS Supersection 2017 | Table of Contents

This year's supplementfocuses on the key themes on the Sibos agenda, like open banking and its risks, co-location and cybersecurity, regtech and innovation, and spending smartly on tech.

News

Turkey, Italy Top Financially Complex Countries As BEPS Rules Kick In

Turkey, southern Europe and Brazil have the most difficult financial accounting and tax compliance rules in the world, a report by the TMF Group shows.

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World’s Best Pension Managers 2017

Pension managers are embracing new attitudes toward risk and adding high-level services as the needs of clients needsevolve.

CIB Egypt: Calm at the Center of the Storm

As the COVID-19 crisis emerged, CIB Egypt was ready with a comprehensive pandemic strategy to ensure business sustainability and protect the health and safety of its staff, customers, & community.Mr.Hussein Abaza, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member ofCIB Egypt, explains how vision, resilience & innovation made it a model for how to live and work safely in the pandemic.

Awards

The Innovators 2017

Global Finance magazine's anniversary special issue on Innovation includes our awards for top Innovators in Finance of 2017, as well as a look back at the top innovations of the last 30 years and a look ahead to what the future of finance portends.