Capital Raising & Corporate Finance Archives

Join the global community of corporate and public-sector finance industry leaders reading Global Finance monthly in print.

Click Here

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Trade Finance

SEXY AND SOPHISTICATED By Anita Hawser Oiling the wheels of global trade has never been more important, particularly as regulation and capital constraints challenge banks' commitment to the business. Collaborative B2B platforms and investors are poised to play ...

Banking

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Treasury & Cash Management/ Transaction Banking

TAKING CENTER STAGE By Anita Hawser After the financial crisis of 2008 and heightened regulation on "casino" banking, transaction processing is enjoying a renaissance. Historically, investment banking has earned the most money for financial services providers and attracted ...

Award Winners

The Winners’ Circle, Top Winners in 25 Years of Awards: Best Banks

THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT By Kathryn Tully For its anniversary issue, Global Finance crunched the numbers to come up with the institutions that have won our World's Best Bank awards most often over the past 16 years. Presenting The ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Top 25 Lists: 25 Companies to Watch In The Next 25 Years

SUCCESSORS By Justin Keay Who would have predicted back in 1987 that Apple would today be one of the world's most dynamic and innovative companies? And Google, which emerged from nowhere back in 1998 but now dominates much more ...

Banking

Top 25 Lists: 25 Ideas That Changed The World

EVOLUTION By Laurence Neville Perhaps the defining characteristic of 2012—in contrast to 1987 when Global Finance launched—is the interconnectedness of the world. Globalization spreads ideas and connects markets Those in the US now have more in common with ...

Banking

Top 25 Lists: 25 Most Influential Business & Finance Books Over 25 Years

Transformation By Justin Keay How things change. A list of the best business, economics and finance books compiled pre-crisis would probably have focused on up-and-coming Internet companies, how to make a fortune on the stock exchange, how to invest ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Top 25 Lists: 25 Most Influential Companies Over The Past 25 Years

SUCCESSES By Laurence Neville A quick glance at the Fortune 500 for 1987 and 2012 reveals a number of similarities in the ranking of the largest companies in the US: ExxonMobil, GM, Ford, GE and AT&T all feature prominently ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Top 25 Lists: 25 Most Influential People of The Past 25 Years

INNOVATION By Laurence Neville No list of influential figures of the past quarter-century would be complete without Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev, US president Ronald Reagan and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher—the three most important figures in ending the key ...

Banking

Top 25 Lists: 25 Past, Present And Future Destinations For Foreign Direct Investment

MODERNIZATION By Justin Keay Back in 1987 the main recipients of foreign direct investment were developed markets, plus some of Asia's miracle economies. Emerging markets barely featured. Today Russia and Poland are in the top 25 along with India, ...

Banking

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Trade Finance

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Treasury & Cash Management/ Transaction Banking

The Winners’ Circle, Top Winners in 25 Years of Awards: Best Banks

Top 25 Lists: 25 Companies to Watch In The Next 25 Years

Top 25 Lists: 25 Ideas That Changed The World

Top 25 Lists: 25 Most Influential Business & Finance Books Over 25 Years

Top 25 Lists: 25 Most Influential Companies Over The Past 25 Years

Top 25 Lists: 25 Most Influential People of The Past 25 Years

Top 25 Lists: 25 Past, Present And Future Destinations For Foreign Direct Investment

Words Of Wisdom: Adel El-Labban, Ahli United Bank

Words Of Wisdom: Arnold Epke, Ecobank

Words Of Wisdom: Chandran Nair, Global Institute For Tomorrow