Banking
World’s Safest Banks 2023–Country Winners
With downgrades and new winners across the board, Global Finance’s country winners had to adapt to changes. To earn a...
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Banking
World’s Safest Banks 2023—Global Top 100
The debacles of 2023 clearly illustrated that a bank’s financial stability must never be taken for granted. Overall performance of...
News
Kazakhstan Enters An Unstable Era
Protests over energy prices turned violent and Russian troops intervened to restore the status quo.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Kazakhstan: Fintech Hub
Kazakhstan is embracing cutting-edge fintech.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Kazakhstan: Economy In Transition
Kazakhstan’s evolution to a market economy hinges on diversifying away from oil and gas, with a lift from FDI. Covid complicates that scenario.
Awards
ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2014
In our 21st annual survey, Global Finance identifies the best banks in 150 countries and eight regions. The winners are not always the biggest banks, but rather, the best—those with the qualities that corporations should look for when choosing a bank.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
EM RISKS: DEALING WITH THE WILD CARDS
This year has already proven to be a wild one when it comes to emerging markets risks. Preparing for what is to come in volatile and disparate markets is ever more central to the treasury and risk management functions.
Awards
BEST BANKS 2014: ASIA-PACIFIC
Developing Asia will grow by 6.2% this year and 6.5% next, according to Asian Development Bank estimates, up slightly from 6.1% in 2013. Despite the uptick in overall growth, banks around the region continue to face challenging landscapes.
Banking
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNUAL MEETING
Inter-Asian trade will lead the agenda items at this year’s annual Asian Development Bank meeting, to be held May 2-5, 2014, in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
KAZAKHSTAN: GRANDIOSE AMBITIONS
Getting rid of the “stan” on the end of his country’s name is just one of the many ambitions Kazakhstan’s leader has for his increasingly prosperous country.
Banking
Middle East: Islamic Finance Flourishes
MIDDLE EAST 2014 SUPPLEMENT By Gordon Platt Islamic finance is going mainstream, with Western countries planning to issue their first sovereign sukuk. It still constitutes only a small percentage of total global financial assets, and most activity is ...
Awards
World’s Best Investment Banks 2014
ANNUAL AWARDS: HIGH-OCTANE YEAR Global investment banks will face a tremendous challenge as they strive to continue running their underwriting businesses at the elevated levels they reached in 2013. Many of the largest banks on Wall Street reaped a windfall ...