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Features : Lease Extension
Following a few years of depressed activity, the asset finance market is poised for recovery in 2004. How strong that...
Switzerland
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Newsmakers : “The Treasury and Justice Departments have fallen nearly a year behind in developing a plan to fight money laundering and terrorist financing.”
SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, UNITED STATES LOSING THE WAR ON TERRORIST FINANCING Bank secrecy is on the rise in Europe, while the...
Banking
Cover Story : The World’s Best Companies 2003
The sixth annual exclusive Global Finance survey of the World’s Best Companies profiles global leaders in 28 industries or sectors...
News
Cover Story : Europe
AUSTRIA BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT Austrias largest banking group, with total assets of approximately $166 billion, has just become Europes largest...
Special Section
Features : Central Banker Report Cards
ITS BEEN A TUMULTUOUS YEAR for the worlds central bankers. There have been resignations, falls from grace, surprise appointmentsand, of...
News
Features : Trade Brings Brazil Much-needed Hard Currency
Brazils burgeoning trade surplus is giving heart to politicians and corporations alike.But the country still has a way to go....
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Market Extends Gains To Sixth Month in Row
THE AMERICAS US corporate bonds extended their bull-market run to a sixth consecutive month in April, with highyielding issues leading...
Banking
Features : World’s Best Treasury and Cash Management Providers
Global Finance selects the worlds best. The real-time global settlement process took a major leap forward in September 2002, when...
News
Features : Novartis Writes a Transatlantic Prescription
A CFO is at the heart of change in a Swiss icon. Its the day after the companys annual results...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Features : Sub-Custodians Ease Into the Spotlight
Local knowledge is important, but tech requirements are prompting consolidation in the world of sub-custodians. Stephen Brown, regional network manager...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : ADR Trading Volume Up, Despite Weak Markets
THE AMERICAS Trading of American depositary receipts rose 6.8% in volume terms in 2002 to 28 billion shares, according to...