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COFO Era: Why a Risky, Rewarding Dual Role Is Taking Over the C-Suite

There's a new acronym roaming the C-suite. The so-called COFO — a hybrid chief operating and financial officer — is more common than ever, marking a structural shift in how companies are deciding who runs the business.

Commentary

Here’s Why Your Supply Chain Is Leaking Cash

There’s $1.7 trillion of working capital sitting on the balance sheets of the largest U.S. companies: not locked in failed...

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Egypt’s IPO Pipeline Grows as Cairo Courts Private Capital

This article appears in the July/August issue of Global Finance Magazine. Egypt, Africa’s second-largest economy after South Africa, plans to...

How European Corporates Are Redefining Capital Market Strategy

After an extended period of caution, Europe’s largest corporates are no longer sitting on the sidelines – they are actively reshaping the capital markets landscape.

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Butterfield Readies CIBC Caribbean Purchase

This article appears in the July/August issue of Global Finance Magazine. Butterfield Group has agreed to acquire a 91.7% stake...

Features

Thinking Beyond Hormuz

This article appears in the July/August 2026 issue of Global Finance Magazine. More than 30 years after the first Gulf...

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Goldman Sachs Sets $1 Trillion M&A Record

Goldman Sachs said it had advised on more than $1 trillion of announced global mergers and acquisitions so far this...

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India’s Capital Markets Brace for Blockbuster NSE IPO

India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) has filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Board of India,...

Expanding In Africa: How Egypt’s CIB Is Pursuing Cross-Border Growth

Looking beyond its home market in Egypt, Commercial International Bank’s (CIB’s) Islam Zekry, Group Chief Financial Officer and Executive Board Member, reveals the bank’s vision to be a key financial partner for African economic expansion. To do this, it is leveraging Kenya as a strategic hub, while prioritising high-growth sectors and supporting SMEs, corporates and Egyptian exporters.

Private Credit

BlackRock’s CEO Exit Signals Private Credit Shift

The private credit market’s roughest stretch in years has claimed its first senior leader at a major asset manager. BlackRock’s...

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Global M&A Nears $4T as Megadeals Defy Geopolitics

Global mergers and acquisitions are on track to reach roughly $4 trillion in total value in 2026. That's up 13% from 2025 — only the second-highest spike to the pandemic-era peak of 2021 — that figure obscures a market increasingly defined by a handful of blockbuster transactions.

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Ecobank Bets $450M Africa’s Biodiversity Can Be Saved

In May, Togo’s Ecobank became the first commercial bank in Africa to issue a nature bond, mobilizing $450 million that...

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Nike Names New CFO as Turnaround Stumbles

Nike Inc. said Tuesday it has hired David Denton as its next chief financial officer, tapping the former Pfizer Inc....

Digital Transformation Blueprint and Showcasing Shell Treasurys Digital Journey

Digitization is critical to the future of finance and treasury. To realize its fullpotential, companies should develop a framework and execution plan thatincorporates a holistic approach. A good example of a company taking suchan approach isShell, writes Swati Mitra, Global Practice Lead, Digital ClientAdvisory, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi.

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SpaceX’s Cash Management Conundrum

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. — more commonly known as SpaceX — is not letting proceeds from the largest initial public...