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BEST ISLAMIC FINANCE INSTITUTIONS – 2008
Best Sukuk Bank Kuwait Finance House Best Islamic Retail Bank Dubai Islamic Bank Best Islamic Investment Bank Unicorn Investment Bank...
India
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BEST SUB-CUSTODIANS – 2008
Global Finance magazine has released its sixth annual ranking of the Best Sub-Custodians. This exclusive survey will be published in...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
BEST TRADE FINANCE PROVIDERS – 2008
CATEGORY SUB-CATEGORY WINNER REGIONAL WINNER Americas Citi Europe BNP Paribas CEE UniCredit Nordic Region SEB Middle East Arab Bank Asia...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan Gives Dollar Strong Start To 2009 On Hopes Us Will Recover First
FOREIGN EXCHANGE The dollar rose in early January, as investors weighed the likely effects of president-elect Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan and as analysts said the United States could be the first major economy to recover from the ...
Banking
Features : Back To Basics
SECTOR REPORT SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS A series of disastrous investments in Western banks and mounting pressure to invest locally is prompting a sea change in sovereign wealth funds’ investment attitudes. Dickinson: Some SWFs are facing pressure to diversify their ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Features : Desperate Measures
SPOTLIGHT CORPORATE FRAUD Crumbling asset values and wild volatility have left a trail of disaster in their wake. They also exposed some truly shocking frauds. Abbey: “If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is” In ...
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Features: World’s best trade finance banks 2009
ANNUAL SURVEY / BEST TRADE FINANCE BANKS Trade finance banks are enjoying rising demand for basic risk management services as world trade faces a difficult period. Global trade is expected to decline in 2009 for the first time since 1982, ...
Banking
Milestones : Asia’s 1 Billion Muslims Beckon Islamic Bankers
ASIA-PACIFIC Asia looks to cash in on its emerging Islamic financial center status. The Asia-Pacific region already accounts for 60% of the world’s Islamic banking assets and could be a center of growth for the shariah-compliant finance industry ...
News
Newsmakers : Economic Gloom Hits Business Confidence
UNITED STATES As the credit crisis deepens and government measures to kick-start bank lending fall short of the mark, the mood among company CEOs, particularly those with operations in Europe and Asia, is beginning to darken. These are the ...
News
Newsmakers : Satyam Fraud Throws India’s It Industry Into Disarray
INDIA Satyam: Facing disaster When Satyam Computers’ founder, chairman & CEO Ramalinga Raju revealed the depth of the accounting fraud he had perpetuated for more than a decade, investors were left with more questions than answers, particularly about ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Middle Market Caves In Under Weight Of Crunch
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS * Figures may not add up, as more than one bank typically obtains credit for any one transaction. Merger and acquisition activity in the middle market, which had held up relatively well in the ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Shortage Of Dollars Supports Greenback
FOREIGN EXCHANGE A persistent shortage of dollars in global money markets is helping to bolster the greenback, even as US economic data portray an economy that is mired in recession, currency analysts say. The dollar continues to benefit ...