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BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2008
REGIONAL WINNER Standard Bank COUNTRY WINNER Angola BES Angola Botswana Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Cote dIvoire Ecobank Ethiopia NIB International...
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BEST ISLAMIC FINANCE INSTITUTIONS – 2008
Best Sukuk Bank Kuwait Finance House Best Islamic Retail Bank Dubai Islamic Bank Best Islamic Investment Bank Unicorn Investment Bank...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Features : Risky Business
CORPORATE TOOLBOX / POLITICAL RISK In recent years, political risks facing multinationals have grown more significant. Corporations are far from blameless in creating that risk, though. Heightened tensions: Multinationals in countries such as Venezuela face growing risks. With ...
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Features: Awards: Islamic Financial Institutions
ANNUAL SURVEY / ISLAMIC FINANCE 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. Islamic finance is a system of ethical ...
Banking
Cover Story : From Bust To Boom
Middle East Lebanon’s banks are spreading their wings as they push for more growth in the Middle East’s key markets. Banks in downtown Beirut: Lebanon's financial institutions are expanding through the region. While the banking sector remains the backbone ...
Banking
Cover Story : Secondary Development
Middle East As Islamic bonds become more popular, banks are creating a viable secondary market. Emirates Islamic Bank: Reaping the benefits of a surge in business. Asurge in the issuance of sukuk, or Islamic bonds, and growing demand from ...
Banking
Cover Story: Let the good times roll
The Middle East Prudent investment of vastly increased oil revenues and a determination to build stable financial foundations are helping transform the Middle East into one of the world’s most vibrant economic areas. The DIFC in Dubai: One of the ...
Banking
Milestones : Booming Islamic Finance Faces Hurdles
GLOBAL High aspirations: Islamic finance on the rise. Excess liquidity and the tidal wave of petrodollars flooding into the Middle East are causing a surge of interest in Islamic finance. The growth rate of the industry is now ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Features : Banking On The Future
ROUNDTABLE / TURKEY At a recent roundtable in Istanbul, Global Finance brought together a group of leading figures in the...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Dubai Firm Buys Into Us Housing Market
COMPANY TO WATCH: EMAAR PROPERTIES/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Dubai-based Emaar Properties, one of the worlds largest real estate companies, made its...
News
Features : Country Report: Turkey
Turkey Ponders Future After Euro No Votes Turkeys frantic rush to conform to European standards is faltering as the EU...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Features : Turkey’s Transition
At a recent meeting in Istanbul, Global Finance brought together some of the key figures in Turkeys banking and finance...