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Banking

Features : World’s Biggest Banks

Global Finance ranks the world’s 50 biggest banks, as measured by total assets. By Dan Keeler This past year has seen a stunning reversal in the fortunes of the world’s biggest banks. After a flurry of eye-popping write-offs ...

Country Report

Features: Country Report: China

THE NEXT GREAT LEAP FORWARD Ample liquidity and a bold government stimulus package have catapulted China past stumbling rival economies. By Thomas Clouse China is showing few symptoms of an economic crisis. While many of the world’s ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones: Global Currency Could Smooth Out Volatility

Global Anita Hawser Hillier-Brook: Currency already has potential users The campaign to depose the dollar as the global reserve currency...

Banking

Turkey: Banks Primed For Growth

Turkish Banking Turkey has a robust banking system that is ready to support the country’s economic growth. By Gordon Platt Tansan: “Turkey’s banks are the best in the world in terms of the strength of their capital ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Turkey: Inward Investment

DYNAMIC GROWTH POTENTIAL Turkey’s leaders have been actively promoting inward investment—with resoundingsuccessful results. By Gordon Platt Turkey is rolling out the red carpet for foreign investors, hoping to capitalize on its considerable growth potential once the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Turkey: Leading The Way

LEADING THE WAY At the presidential palace in Ankara on July 21, Turkey’s president, Abdullah Gul, met with Global Finance for a wide-ranging interview covering Turkey’s role in the global economy and its international relations. Global Finance: ...

Award Winners

WORLD’S TOP CENTRAL BANKERS 2009

New York, September 28th 2009 – Global Finance magazine (website: www.gfmag.com) has named the heads of the central banks of...

Award Winners

WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2009

Istanbul, October 6th, 2009 – Global Finance magazine hosted its thirteenth annual Best Bank Awards ceremony on October 6th, 2009,...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Cover Story: Emerging Powerhouses

Far from collapsing under the weight of the recent financial crisis, the biggest emerging markets are powering the next wave of global growth. By Laurence Neville In its July World Economic Update,the International Monetary Fund said that the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: China Removes IPO Ban As Market Soars

Global Equity/DRs By Gordon Platt China opened the floodgates to new share offerings in June, releasing a torrent of initial public offerings to help soak up excess liquidityand cool an overheating stock market. The removal of the government’s ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Dollar Secure In Its Role As World’s Key Reserve Currency, Analysts Say

Foreign Exchange By Gordon Platt Calls for a super-sovereign reserve currency to replace the dollar are going nowhere fast. The Teflon dollar is brushing off everything thrown at it by the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Worldwide M&a Activity Continues To Slide

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt The statistics on global dealmaking activity show no signs of improvement, despite some recent easing of the credit crisis and widespread opportunities for investment in distressed sectors. The value of worldwide mergers ...