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Best Investment Banks 2012: Regional Awards

By Michael Shari REGIONAL AWARDS - NORTH AMERICA BEST INVESTMENT BANK Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs has built what KBW’s Cannon calls “the powerhouse brand” on Wall Street by constantly structuring complex deals that combine its three core businesses—equity, debt and ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Middle East 2012: Doha Dreams

FAITH IN THE DOLLAR PEG By Gordon Platt Global Finance sits down with Qatar’s central bank governor, sheikh Abdullah Bin Saud Al-Thani. The pegged-exchange-rate regime is working well, according to Al-Thani, and the resilient financial sector will help ...

Banking

Middle East 2012: GCC Banking And Investment

ABUNDANT FLOWS By Gordon Platt The oil and gas sector is leading an investment explosion in the region, particularly in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Photo Credit: PAUL COWAN / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Led by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the ...

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World’s Safest Banks Midyear Update

SEA CHANGE By Andrew Cunningham Global Finance presents a half-year update to its annual ranking of The World’s Safest Banks. The safest banks in the world are still European banks, despite the crisis in the eurozone, but ...

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WORLD’S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST 2012

Global Finance names the World’sBest Emerging Market Banks 2012 in theMiddle East NEW YORK, March 20, 2012 Global Finance magazine...

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Best Banks For Liquidity Management

By Anita Hawser BEST BANK FOR LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA Bank of America Merrill Lynch The large global cash management banks have invested heavily in their liquidity management capabilities, particularly when it comes to helping companies gain a consolidated global ...

Banking

Middle East Investment Banking

CLOUDY OUTLOOK By Gordon Platt The global economic slowdown and regional political turmoil are casting a pall over investment banking in the Middle East. As there's no change in sight, bankers in the region may be in for ...

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SAFEST BANKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST 2012

Global Finance names the Safest Banks in the Middle East: April 2012 NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 Global Finance magazine...

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WORLD’S 50 SAFEST BANKS 2012

Global Finance announces a half-yearly update World’s 50 Safest Banks: April 2012 NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 Bank stability is...

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WORLD’S BEST INVESTMENT BANKS 2012

Global Finance names the World’s Best Investment Banks 2012 NEW YORK, February 17, 2012 Global Finance announces the winners of...

Banking

Sector Report: Middle East Telecoms

SOWING SEEDS OF CHANGE By Anita Hawser The Arab Spring heralded the beginnings of reform and showed the growing importance of social media in enabling communal action. The telecoms sector in the Middle East has been forever changed ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Special Report: Infrastructure Finance

NEW HORIZONS By Solomon Teague Regulation is making it harder for banks to lend to infrastructure projects. New types and sources of funding will be needed to handle a wave of infrastructure development now under way—particularly in the ...