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Executive Interviews

Risk Management: Ram Charan’s Advice for CFOs on Global Competition

Ram Charan is an adviser to CEOs and boards, building his reputation by advising them at some of the world's largest companies. In this conversation, he outlines global business strategies and how CFOs can stay competitive.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

The CFOs of Summer

For these CFOs, summer is where the year is won or lost.

Banking

Credit Squeeze Comes for Main Street as Bankruptcies Surge

Rising bankruptcies reflect a credit squeeze driven by cautious banks, higher rates, and deteriorating borrower cash flows nationwide right now.

The End of End-of-Day Treasury: Preparing for a World of Continuous Liquidity Management

Juan Bolona, Global Head of Cash and Trade Solutions at BNY, explains that as payments and settlement move toward a 24/7 model, treasury teams should start building the foundations for real-time cash forecasting today—well before the market forces a wholesale shift.

Features

An Insurance War Without Borders

The maps have been redrawn. Not just on the ground in the Middle East, but inside the policy documents that...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

The New Hedging Dilemma

Lock in today’s painful prices—or bet that volatility breaks your way? CFOs are being forced to choose.

Technology

AI Fraud Outpaces Board Decision-Making

AI is supercharging financial fraud, leaving organizations underprepared, budgets stretched, and executives scrambling

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Global Salon: Why Finance Should Govern AI

Global Finance: What surprised you the most in your conversations? Mark Koziel: There are three big trends: the change in...

Financing Growth: The Role of Sustainable Banking in the Ethiopia-Djibouti Trade Corridor

As global capital increasingly seeks opportunities in frontier markets, East Africa is emerging as a critical hub for trade, infrastructure and sustainable development.

News

Berkshire After Buffett: A New CEO With Lots of Cash

Wearing a purple sweater instead of his signature suit, Warren Buffett attended Berkshire Hathaway’s May 2 annual meeting in Omaha,...

News

The IPO Window Is Open—A Crack

The IPO market is stalling as volatility and fears about artificial intelligence reshape the overall listings landscape.

Insurance

From Reactive Insurance To Proactive Investment

As climate change threatens insurability, adaptation finance has become a mechanism for capturing value.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Latin America And The New Geopolitics Of Mining

Latin America holds the key to relieving global mineral shortages, but community trust and co-prosperity could determine which mines survive

From Egypt to Africa: How CIB Is Empowering SMEs and Transforming Trade Ecosystems

As Egypt strengthens its position as a regional trade hub, CIB is helping SMEs embrace new cross-border opportunities through tailored financing, digital trade tools, and on-the-ground banking support designed to reduce friction and unlock growth across Africa.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The New World Of Surging Debt

For CFOs planning capital allocation for 2026 and beyond, the headline number is hard to ignore: Global debt has surged to nearly $346 trillion in the third quarter of 2025, or about 310% of world GDP, according to a report from the Institute of International Finance (IIF).