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Milestones: Private-Sector Banks Rake In Profits In Iraq

MILESTONES: IRAQ By Gordon Platt The five largest nongovernmental banks in Iraq posted a 207% increase in aggregate earnings between 2010 and 2012, thanks to the country’s strong economic growth and increasing demand for credit, according to a report on ...

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Newsmakers: Finance Minister Has His Work Cut Out For Him

NEWSMAKERS: VENEZUELA By Paula L. Green Everyone from consumers weary of battling rising inflation to importers wrestling with a devalued currency and foreign and domestic investors whose companies were nationalized will have a stake in the actions Nelson José Merentes ...

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Risk Management: Supply Chain Risk

BUILDING IN RESILIENCE By Karen Kroll Creating a flexible, robust supply chain is key to reducing the likelihood and potential impact of disruptions. Effectively managing supply chain risk, while always important, is becoming increasingly critical. Companies are ...

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Sector Report: Agribusiness

NURTURING GLOBAL BREADBASKETS By Justin Keay It is time to address developmental roadblocks globally if the world’s food supplies are to meet demand over the next 40 years. There is probably no industry where the basic laws ...

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Technology & Treasury Management: Social Media

SOCIAL INTERACTION By Hilary Johnson Savvy executives can add value by under-standing how and when social media can be a tool to improve both internal and external communication. No corporate treasury department is an island anymore. This ...

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Technology & Treasury Management: SWIFT

WOOING THE CORPORATE AUDIENCE By Rebecca Brace Going beyond connectivity is SWIFT’s mantra to corporates these days, but can the bank-owned organization be as fleet of foot as companies would like? SWIFT’s corporate solutions were once limited ...

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Technology & Treasury Management: The Innovators

INCREASED COMPETITION IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION By Rob Daly Transaction banks are working hard to be more agile and innovative in meeting corporate treasury needs. Some are succeeding better than others, and those that push boundaries may ...

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Technology & Treasury Management 2013

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Salon: Maurice Greenberg, CV Starr & Co

THE PENDULUM SWINGS By Paula Green At this months Salon, Global Finance sat down with Maurice Hank Greenberg, former chairman...

Award Winners

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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Country Report: Turkey

ENGINEERING THE NEW TURKEY By Justin Keay Major infrastructure investments and improved economic strength are just two of a number of positive developments to come out of Turkey in the past year. Ankara stunned investors in February ...

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Cover: The Untold Cost of Cybersecurity

GROWING THREAT By Valentina Pasquali The frequency and severity of cyberattacks on businesses and organizations across the world have exploded in recent years, and so have the direct and indirect costs they inflict. Global finance executives spend ...