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WORLD’S BEST CONSUMER INTERNET BANKS IN ASIA 2012
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Global Finance Advertisers 1987: Where Are They Now?
THE SANDS OF TIME By Valentina Pasquali A look at how the fates have dealt with those firms that advertised in the October 1987 inaugural issue of Global Finance. AT&T was bought by SBC Communications Are your overseas ...
Banking
Introduction: A Quarter-Century Of Change
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... By Laurence Neville There is a famous quote by British novelist LP Hartley that goes, "The past is a foreign country: They do things differently there." If this is so, then 1987—when Global Finance was launched—is ...
Banking
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Emerging Markets
MECHANISMS OF GROWTH By Antonio Guerrero Twenty-five years ago, Goldman Sachs' Jim O'Neill was still more than a decade away from coining the acronym BRIC to identify the high-growth markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China—an event which signaled ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Equity & Debt Capital Markets
STORMY WEATHER By Gordon Platt When volume 1, number 1 of Global Finance arrived at the airport in London on October 15, 1987, it could not immediately be offloaded. The precious cargo was needed as ballast in the airplane ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Top 25 Lists: 25 Events That Rocked The World
REVOLUTION By Laurence Neville The scale of the crisis that has engulfed much of the world since 2008, which—like a virus—has mutated from a financial sector crisis to an economic crisis to a sovereign debt crisis, is so great ...
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, ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Words Of Wisdom: Guo Guangchang, Fosun Group
INTERNATIONAL VISION By Andrea Fiano Guo Guangchang is the chairman of Chinese conglomerate Fosun Group. Fosun International was established in 1992 and now ranks among China's top 100 enterprises. Global Finance: What key changes defined the past 25 ...