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SANTANDERS MASSIVE CAPITAL INCREASE: MORE EUROPEAN BANKS TO FOLLOW

Trends | Bank Capitalization As Spaniards returned from the Los Reyes Magos (Epiphany) holiday, Spain’s Santander, Europe’s biggest bank, sold the equivalent of nearly 10% of its capital in one day, raising €7.5 billion ($8.7 billion) in cash and bringing required ratios in line with those of the banking industry.

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WORLDS BEST INSURERS 2015

The 2015 World’s Best Global Insurers were selected on the basis of responses from more than 1,500 readers of Global Finance from around the world, as well as the expertise of the magazine’s editors and reporters.

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WORLDS BEST TRADE AND SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE PROVIDERS 2015

Presenting the World’s Best Trade & Supply Chain Finance Awards for 2015.

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CHINA INSURES BANK DEPOSITS

China | Milestones The Chinese government has followed the US and Western European model by providing deposit insurance for private savers in the Chinese banking system.

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STARS OF CHINA AWARDS CEREMONY 2014

Global Finance held its annual Stars of China awards ceremony in Beijing in November. Corporate and financial leaders from around the country were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients.

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TRANSACTION BANKING 2015: DISMANTLING SILOS

Special Report| Global Transaction Banking 2015 Preview Last year brought a vastly altered landscape for transaction banking—and the same is likely to be true of 2015. Regulatory reform and new developments in data analytics and mobile banking will drive change.

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BEST BANKS AWARDS CEREMONY 2014

Global Finance held its 18th Annual Best Banks Awards ceremony in Washington in October—during the Annual IMF/World Bank conference. Honorees from around the world were present to accept their awards.

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BEST DERIVATIVES PROVIDERS 2014

The market in over-the-counter derivatives is shrinking, while exchange-listed futures and interest rate swaps traded on new swap execution facilities (SEFs) are setting records. New regulations and capital requirements are squeezing bank trading desks and forcing more derivatives trading onto exchanges and centralized clearing.

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BEST INTERNET BANKS AWARDS CEREMONY 2014

Global Finance held its 11th annual Internet Banks Awards dinner in New York in November. Leading financial executives from around the world were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients.

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Deepening Africa’s Financial Markets

Africa | Emerging Markets Regional Review African economies are well on their way to transforming the region’s status from a frontier to an emerging market. The IMF predicts Africa will grow by 5.8% in 2015, up from 5.1% this year, with Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique projected to growth over 8%.

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ECB STRESS TESTS FAIL THE CREDIBILITY TEST

European Banking | Trends The degree to which the recent stress tests of big European banks by EU regulators lack credibility is becoming clear.

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ING COMPLETES BAILOUT REPAYMENT

Netherlands | Milestone As a part of the restructuring agreement between ING, the Dutch government and the European Commission, ING agreed to several of what it called “bans,” according to an email sent by a company spokesman to Global Finance