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World’s Safest Commercial Banks 2013

PRIVATE-SECTOR SUPERSTARS By Andrew Cunningham Banks from Australia, Canada and Singapore dominate the list of the Top 10 Safest Commercial Banks. State-owned banks and those that enjoy some form of sponsorship from government or regional organizations have ...

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BOOK REVIEW: Greenspan: Still hazy after all these years

<em style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">The Map and the Territory, by Alan Greenspan,<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">weaves personal experience and a career that spanned the good part of 60 years—18 of those at the helm of the US central bank—into economic analysis.</span>

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Central Banker Report Cards 2013

‘A’ FOR EFFORT, ‘B-’ FOR RESULTS By Antonio Guerrero, Anita Hawser and Gordon Platt Global Finance presents its annual report on the performance of the world’s central bank governors. There are a lot of new faces among ...

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Cover Story: World’s Best Banks 2013

TECHNOLOGY IS THE TRUMP CARD By Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero, Anita Hawser, Gordon Platt and Michael Shari Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best banks globally, regionally and by country. The winners have all demonstrated dedication ...

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IMF/World Bank 2013 Annual Meetings

By Valentina Pasquali In conjunction with the International Monetary Fund/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, Global Finance presents its annual IMF/World Bank Issue. When the eurozone logged 0.3% growth in the second quarter of 2013, ending a streak ...

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World’s Biggest Banks 2013

RISING TO THE TOP By Andrew Cunningham Global Finance presents the World’s Biggest Banks 2013. For the first time, a Chinese bank topped the list of the biggest banks in the world at the end of 2012—displacing ...

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World’s Safest Banks 2013

KEY TO THE TOP By Andrew Cunningham Global Finance presents its annual ranking of the World’s Safest Banks. There are few changes at the top, showing the stability of the highest echelon of banks. The safest 10 ...

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SIBOS 2013 – Corporate Stream Gets Deeper And Swifter In Dubai

The corporate stream is once again expanded at this year’s Sibos conference in Dubai. One of the highlights is a...

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Awards: Best Internet Banks—Round 1

ANNUAL SURVEY — THE PIONEERS By Adam Rombel In the first of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the top online corporate and consumer banks by country and regionally by product or service category. Global Finance is ...

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Brazil: IMF Rep Opposes Greek Bailout

MILESTONES By Luca Ventura “Implementation has been unsatisfactory in almost all areas; growth and debt sustainability assumptions continue to be over-optimistic.” It is with these incendiary comments about Greece that Paulo Nogueira Batista, the representative of Brazil and ...

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Cover: The Global War On Tax Havens

AT HAVENS END? Multinational corporations could have a much more difficult time shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictionsand deductions to high-tax...

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GCC: Abu Dhabi’s New Financial Center

REGIONAL SUPERSECTION — STEPPING UP THE COMPETITION By Gordon Platt Does the Gulf Cooperation Council need yet another international financial center? Oil-rich Abu Dhabi thinks it does. The United Arab Emirates is about to open its second ...