Award Winners
Worlds Best Investment Banks 2023: Regional Winners
The war in Ukraine was a major inflection point for global capital markets, adding pressure to already strained energy and food markets.
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Banking
Worlds Safest Unfazed By Recent Bank Failures
The leaders on ourannual list of trhe world's safest banks, compiled last summer, show continued stability despite the global banking upheaval.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Brazil: Old Dog, New Tricks
Brazil’s old problems require new solutions from the returning president.
News
Natural Gas Tumble Upends Putins Plans
Natural gas prices fell 78% last year and Gazprom's revenue is estimated to have fallen in half as a result.
Awards
GW Platt Foreign Exchange Provider Awards 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic created some waves in the foreign exchange markets over the last couple of years, but the re-emergence of global inflation and inflation-fighting central banks has truly rocked the currency world this year.
Banking
A Year Of Disruptions: Q&A With BBVA’s Luis Martins
Luis Martins, head of Global Macro at BBVA, speaks to Global Finance about the current state of the foreign exchange market and how the bank is meeting corporate needs.
News
Brazil: New Finance Minister Is Everything But Inconspicuous
Fernando Haddad's appointment as finance minister has divided Brazilian economists.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
M&A and IPOs Are Out; Spinoffs Are In
Total spinoffs have already topped last year’s figures and that number looks set to keep rising in the following months.
News
Latin America: Inflation Turns A Corner
Slowing inflation would pave the way for better-than-expected economic growth in the region.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Ecuador: Displaying Incredible Resilience
Economic growth continues despite political and macroeconomic turmoil.
Banking
Agribusiness: Meeting Unprecedented Challenges
Despite unfortunate events, global agribusiness remains resilient—which is good, because all the world needs food.
News
Yen Loses Safe-Haven Status
The yen fell to its lowest level against the dollar in 32 years as the Bank of Japan continues to keep interest rates near zero while central banks around the world are raising rates to fight rising inflation.