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World’s Best Supply Chain Finance Providers 2013
Global Finance Names the World’s Best Supply Chain Finance Providers 2013 NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 Global Finance magazine has...
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World’s Best Subcustodian Banks 2013
Global Finance Names the World’s Best Subcustodian Banks 2013 NEW YORK, May 15, 2013 Global Finance magazine has released its...
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Awards: World’s Best Banks 2013
BRIGHT STARS By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt Following a year that included some of the biggest scandals in banking history—the London Whale, the Libor rate-fixing scandal, widespread money laundering, insider trading, rogue trading and ...
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Back Page: Polls and Stats – Do Bank Assets As A Multiple Of GDP Correlate To Bank Risk?
Do Bank Assets As A Multiple Of GDP Correlate To Bank Risk? Banks assets as a multiple of GDP has been considered a possible indicator of systemic risk. The following chart compiled by the Institute of International Finance showing ...
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Debt: Saudi Sukuk Market Heats Up
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt A series of three major sukuk issues in Saudi Arabia in the first week of April demonstrated the growing depth of the debt capital markets in the kingdom, where corporations are ...
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Emerging Markets Roundup: Middle East
CLIFFORD CHANCE TO OPEN SAUDI PARTNERSHIP By Gordon Platt Clifford Chance is the first global law firm to receive approval from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry to create a Saudi-foreign legal partnership in the kingdom. Photo ...
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Interview: Riad Salameh on Lebanon
LEBANON: RESTAKING ITS CLAIM AS A FINANCIAL HUB By Gordon Platt Global Finance interviews Lebanon’s central bank governor, Riad Salameh. Riad Salameh has been Lebanon’s central bank governor for the past 20 years. He is credited with ...
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Milestones: BRICS Agree To Create Rival To World Bank
MILESTONES: EMERGING MARKETS By Erik Heinrich The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries have agreed to set up a development bank to better serve their economic needs and reduce their reliance on Western financial institutions. The ...
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Milestones: Cyprus Reels From Russias Unwillingness To Help
MILESTONES:RUSSIA/CYPRUS ByKim Iskyan As the Cypriot banking sector imploded in mid-March, Russia, for which Cyprus is an offshore financial services...
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Newsmakers: Martowardojo Gets Lucky Second Time Round
NEWSMAKERS: INDONESIA By Valentina Pasquali With just over a year to go before the 2014 elections and in a move that caught many observers by surprise, Indonesia’s president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has appointed current Finance minister Agus Martowardojo as ...
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Report: Central & Eastern Europe
<p>CHANGE IS AFOOT By Paul Mackintosh Central & Eastern European countries are trying hard to differentiate themselves from their southwestern neighbors. Corporates in the region are dealing with a new playing field as many assets once owned by ...</p>
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World’s Best Banks 2013: Africa
By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt MOBILE BANKING STIMULATES ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AFRICA Africa is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world for mobile payments. Money transfers using mobile phones will exceed $200 billion in ...