Banking
India: New Banking Licenses On Hold
MILESTONES By K.A. Badarinath Indias plan to issue as many as 12 new banking licenses may be put on hold...
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Italy: Remodeling The Vatican Bank
MILESTONES By Luca Ventura The oldest multinational in the world is about to get a substantial makeover. The news came on February 24th, when its CEO, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, also known as pope Francis, issued a Motu Proprio, ...
Banking
Middle East: Islamic Finance Flourishes
MIDDLE EAST 2014 SUPPLEMENT By Gordon Platt Islamic finance is going mainstream, with Western countries planning to issue their first sovereign sukuk. It still constitutes only a small percentage of total global financial assets, and most activity is ...
Banking
Nigeria: CB Governor Ouster Poses Risks
NEWSMAKERS By Efraim Chalamish When central bank governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi announced in February that $20 billion in Nigerian oil...
Banking
World’s Best Investment Banks 2014
ANNUAL AWARDS: HIGH-OCTANE YEAR Global investment banks will face a tremendous challenge as they strive to continue running their underwriting businesses at the elevated levels they reached in 2013. Many of the largest banks on Wall Street reaped a windfall ...
Banking
Unicredits Recent Write-Offs Unlikely To Satisfy ECB
UniCredit Holding, Milan The write-offs taken in early March by UniCredit may fall well short of what Italys largest bank...
Banking
The 411 on Anti-Money-Laundering
Given the spate of recent fines by UK and US regulators against banks for failure to comply with anti-money laundering...
Banking
UK: First Western Sovereign Sukuk?
MILESTONES By Gilly Wright By awarding HSBC and Linklaters as external advisers, the UK government is a little closer to...
Award Winners
World’s Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers 2014
GOLD STANDARD By Rebecca Brace and Anita Hawser Global Finance presents the winners of its annual Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers awards. Global multinational corporates may have come out of the 2008 global financial crisis better off than the ...
Banking
Cover Story: The Volcker Effect
PROPRIETARY TRADING By Michael Shari Corporate clients of investment banks around the world could see a dramatic impact from the...
Banking
Middle East Banking Legend Retires
NEWSMAKERS By Gordon Platt Ibrahim Dabdoub, group CEO of National Bank of Kuwait, is stepping down after 30 years as...
Banking
Ranking GCCs Safest Islamic Banks
SPECIAL REPORT By Andrew Cunningham Al Rajhi tops the rankings of Safest Islamic Banks in the GCC. The use of...