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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 ...

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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Global Banking

CHANGE IS IN THE AIR By Jonathan Gregson The emergence of universal banks fueled the trend toward globalization over the past 25 years, but the recent crises have been their undoing. In the past 25 years major banks ...

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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Global Investing

UNDERMINING THE CULT OF EQUITY By Jonathan Gregson As alternative investments become mainstream and returns diminish, the traditional bias toward equity investment is being challenged like never before. Even before globalization became a major theme, big investors had ...

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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Macroeconomics

THE HUMAN FACTOR IN ECONOMIC THEORY By Justin Keay Traditional economic theory has been challenged by recent market events in global financial markets, and that challenge has given rise to a new generation of economic soothsayers who are looking ...

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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Treasury & Cash Management/ Transaction Banking

TAKING CENTER STAGE By Anita Hawser After the financial crisis of 2008 and heightened regulation on "casino" banking, transaction processing is enjoying a renaissance. Historically, investment banking has earned the most money for financial services providers and attracted ...

Award Winners

The Winners’ Circle, Top Winners in 25 Years of Awards: Best Banks

THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT By Kathryn Tully For its anniversary issue, Global Finance crunched the numbers to come up with the institutions that have won our World's Best Bank awards most often over the past 16 years. Presenting The ...

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Top 25 Lists: 25 Ideas That Changed The World

EVOLUTION By Laurence Neville Perhaps the defining characteristic of 2012—in contrast to 1987 when Global Finance launched—is the interconnectedness of the world. Globalization spreads ideas and connects markets Those in the US now have more in common with ...

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Top 25 Lists: 25 Most Influential Business & Finance Books Over 25 Years

Transformation By Justin Keay How things change. A list of the best business, economics and finance books compiled pre-crisis would probably have focused on up-and-coming Internet companies, how to make a fortune on the stock exchange, how to invest ...

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Top 25 Lists: 25 Past, Present And Future Destinations For Foreign Direct Investment

MODERNIZATION By Justin Keay Back in 1987 the main recipients of foreign direct investment were developed markets, plus some of Asia's miracle economies. Emerging markets barely featured. Today Russia and Poland are in the top 25 along with India, ...

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Words Of Wisdom: Adel El-Labban, Ahli United Bank

DRIVE FOR DEMOCRACY By Gordon Platt Adel El-Labban, group CEO and managing director of Ahli United Bank, Bahrain, has had a major influence on Middle Eastern banking. Global Finance: The past 25 years in the Middle East have ...

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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 ...

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Words Of Wisdom: Ibrahim Dabdoub, National Bank Of Kuwait

TURBULENT TIMES By Gordon Platt Ibrahim Dabdoub has been CEO of National Bank of Kuwait since 1983. Global Finance: What are the key risks over the next 5, 10 and 25 years? Ibrahim Dabdoub: As a banker, I ...