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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Sector Report: Agribusiness Take Off

A BUMPER YIELD By Justin Keay Agribusiness is increasingly being viewed as a dynamic area to invest in. But as global demand for food supplies and land increases, can banks, often criticized for their short-term outlook, meet the ...

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WORLD’S TOP CENTRAL BANKERS 2012

Global Finance Magazine Grades theWorld’s Top Central Bankers 2012 New York, August 23, 2012 – Global Finance magazine has named...

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WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE 2012

GLOBAL FINANCE names theWorld’s Safest Banks 2012 inCentral & Eastern Europe NEW YORK, August 16, 2012 Global Finance magazine (...

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WORLD’S BEST CORPORATE/INSTITUTIONAL INTERNET BANKS IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE 2012

Global Finance names the 2012 World’s Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks in Central & Eastern Europe NEW YORK, July 27, 2012...

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WORLD’S BEST CONSUMER INTERNET BANKS IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE 2012

Global Finance names the 2012 World’s Best Consumer Internet Banks in Central & Eastern Europe NEW YORK, July 20, 2012...

Banking

Global Finance Advertisers 1987: Where Are They Now?

THE SANDS OF TIME By Valentina Pasquali A look at how the fates have dealt with those firms that advertised in the October 1987 inaugural issue of Global Finance. AT&T was bought by SBC Communications Are your overseas ...

Banking

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Emerging Markets

MECHANISMS OF GROWTH By Antonio Guerrero Twenty-five years ago, Goldman Sachs' Jim O'Neill was still more than a decade away from coining the acronym BRIC to identify the high-growth markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China—an event which signaled ...

Banking

Top 25 Lists: 25 Ideas That Changed The World

EVOLUTION By Laurence Neville Perhaps the defining characteristic of 2012—in contrast to 1987 when Global Finance launched—is the interconnectedness of the world. Globalization spreads ideas and connects markets Those in the US now have more in common with ...

Banking

Top 25 Lists: 25 Past, Present And Future Destinations For Foreign Direct Investment

MODERNIZATION By Justin Keay Back in 1987 the main recipients of foreign direct investment were developed markets, plus some of Asia's miracle economies. Emerging markets barely featured. Today Russia and Poland are in the top 25 along with India, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Alfa Group Oligarch Leaves TNK-BP Chair

NEWSMAKERS: RUSSIA By Kim Iskyan Mikhail Fridman has overcome a lot of hurdles since his humble beginnings as a window-cleaning entrepreneur in Russia, just as the Soviet Union was unraveling. Fridman faces his most difficult maneuver yet ...

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Awards: World’s Best Subcustodians 2012

NEW HORIZONS By Gordon Platt With every new regulation that hits global trust and custody banks, a new service is born for subcustodians. Keeping up is expensive and challenging, but nonetheless it is a good time to be ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Best Supply Chain Finance Providers 2012: Regional Winners

By Anita Hawser NORTH AMERICA Citi Citi is the leading provider of export-credit-agency–backed transactions, and in 2011 in conjunction with the US Export-Import Bank it launched its second ECA–guaranteed supply chain financing with participation of up to $1 billion ...