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Country Report

Kuwait: Reshaping The Welfare State

COUNTRY REPORT By Gordon Platt Oil-rich Kuwait is finally making progress on implementing its multibillion-dollar development program and improving its business operating environment. Despite its aim to become a world-class financial and commercial center, the Arab Gulf ...

Banking

Whats Next For Kuwaiti Banks?

SPECIAL REPORT By Andrew Cunningham Kuwaiti banks are in good health. Capital levels are high, nonperforming loans low and declining,...

Awards

World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers

ANNUAL SURVEY — STABILITY AMID CHANGE By Gordon Platt A global investigation into trading irregularities has not hampered growth or innovation in one of the world’s largest and most volatile markets—foreign exchange. The $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign exchange ...

Award Winners

Biggest Emerging Markets Banks 2013

Global Financepresents its annual listing of the biggest Banks in the Emerging Markets.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Middle East: A Different Kind Of Fuel

Oil may be the liquid that drives many of the economies in the Middle East, but the spread of the Internet has unleashed a new generation of tech-entrepreneurs and start-ups, fueling hopes of a non-oil economy for the future.

Award Winners

Safest Emerging Markets Banks 2013

Global Financepresents its annual ranking of the Top 50 Safest Banks in the Emerging Markets.

Award Winners

World’s Best Derivatives Providers 2013

GLOBAL RISK MANAGEMENT — BANKS, PLATFORMS VIE FOR CONTROL By Gordon Platt Global Finance presents its annual awards highlighting the best global derivatives providers. Four large commercial banks account for 93% of the total US banking industry’s notional amounts of ...

Award Winners

World’s Best Insurance Providers 2013

Presenting the winners of theGlobal FinanceBest Risk Management Providers 2013.

Awards

World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2013

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Awards

World’s 50 Safest Emerging Markets Banks 2013

Global Finance Names the World’s 50 Safest Banks in Emerging Markets New York, November 5, 2013 – As developing nations...

Awards

World’s Safest Emerging Markets Banks in the Middle East 2013

Global Finance Names the Safest Emerging Markets Banks in the Middle East 2013 New York, November 4, 2013 – Global...

Banking

Islamic Trade Finance: New Silk Road Getting Crowded

SPECIAL REPORT: ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE By Anita Hawser Islamic trade finance is of increasing interest, but whether it will be successful depends on market forces. Shariah-compliant trade finance is an ancient tradition with a long history of supporting economic activity ...