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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance: Sovereign Wealth Funds Prepare To Take More Active Role In M&A

By Gordon Platt Sovereign wealth funds could play a big supporting role as global mergers and acquisitions try to get back on track following a dramatic slowdown in M&A; activity during the credit crisis and global recession. While they ...

Banking

Features: World’s Safest Banks

THE WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS 2009 Global Finance selects the world’s safest banks, the 50 institutions with the highest ratings from the leading international credit ratings agencies. By Dan Keeler After two tumultuous years that saw many 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 ...

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Features: The World’s Best Internet Banks

PIONEERS GO MOBILE In the first of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the best online corporate and consumer banks by country and regionally by product or service category. By Adam Rombel Much of the past year ...

Award Ceremonies and Events

WORLD’S 50 SAFEST BANKS 2009

With bank stability still high on corporate and investor agendas, Global Finance magazine publishes in the October 2009 issue its...

Award Winners

WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2008

GLOBAL Corporate JPMorgan Chase Consumer HSBC Private Credit Suisse Asset Management States Street Global Advisors Custody The Bank of New...

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BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2009

REGIONAL WINNER Standard Chartered COUNTRY WINNER Algeria Arab Banking Corporation Algeria Angola BES Angola Botswana Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Cote...

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BEST INTERNET BANKS IN MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA 2009

NEW YORK, July 21, 2009 Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the World’s Best Internet Banks competition...

News

BEST SUB-CUSTODIANS – 2009

NEW YORK, May 12, 2009 Global Finance magazine has released its seventh annual ranking of the Best Sub-Custodians. This exclusive...

Banking

Features: Islamic Finance

REGIONAL REPORT: Gulf Cooperation Council Sukuk issuance is rebounding as investor confidence returns to the GCC region. By Gordon Platt...

Banking

Features: Looking Up In Dubai

REGIONAL REPORT: Gulf Cooperation Council The UAE economy is well on the road to recovery, one of its biggest boosters says. By Gordon Platt Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, speaker of the house of the Federal National Council, ...