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Features: Islamic Financial Institutions Awards 2009

Global Finance selects the winners in a fast-growing area of finance that combines investing according to the tenets of Islamic law with modern financial products and systems. By Laurence Neville For a brief moment it seemed that the world ...

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ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AWARDS – 2009

Best Sukuk Bank Dubai Islamic Bank Best Islamic Retail Bank Al Rajhi Bank Best Islamic Investment Bank Falcom Best Takaful...

Banking

Features : Financial Giants Face A Mighty Challenge

ANALYSIS FINANCIAL CENTERS Established financial centers are seeing their dominance challenged in the aftermath of the credit crunch. BY ANITA HAWSER In early April, as leaders from the Group of 20 countries gathered with the expectation that ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features: All change

REGIONAL FOCUS ASIA Asia’s economic powerhouses are shifting to a new economic model. The transition will be painful—but will also pay huge dividends. By Thomas Clouse Asia has played a starring role in the story of ...

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Features: Annual survey best developped markets banks

WORLD’S BEST DEVELOPED MARKETS BANKS 2009 Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best banks in developed markets around the world. By Laurence Neville When Global Finance published its 2008 awards a year ago, the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: Local Heroes

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT ASIA REGIONAL REPORT Many businesses in Asia were well prepared for the credit crunch, having learned some important lessons in previous regional crises. By Anita Hawser As the subprime crisis rocked the foundations of ...

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Features: The World’s Safest Banks

ANNUAL SURVEY/ SAFEST BANKS MID-YEAR UPDATE Global Finance selects the world’s safest banks, the 50 institutions with the highest ratings from the leading credit ratings agencies. Such has been the turmoil in the world’s banking industry that Global Finance is ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE BANKS – 2009

NEW YORK, November 18, 2008 Global Finance magazine has named the Best Foreign Exchange Banks and Providers by country, region...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BEST TRADE FINANCE PROVIDERS – 2009

Americas Citi Europe BNP Paribas Central and Eastern Europe UniCredit Middle East Arab Bank Nordic SEB Asia Standard Chartered Africa...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Etihad Atheeb Ipo Ends Long Saudi Drought

Global Equity /drs Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication, one of three new fixed-line operators in Saudi Arabia, broke the long drought in initial public offerings in the kingdom, with an IPO for 30% of its capital. The $80 million public offering, completed ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Commodity Prices Help Food Maker

Company To Watch: Indofood Sukses Makmur/indonesia Low commodity prices are hurting Indonesia’s export earnings, but they could benefit Indofood Sukses Makmur, one of the world’s largest makers of instant noodles, commonly known as ramen noodles. With about 238 million people, ...

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BEST DEVELOPED MARKET BANKS – 2008

Bermuda Butterfiled Bank Canada RBC United States JPMorgan Chase Austria Bank Austria Creditanstalt Belgium Fortis Bank Cyprius Bank of Cyprus...