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MID YEAR SAFEST BANKS RANKINGS – 2009
RANKING BANK COUNTRY 1 KfW Germany 2 Caisse des Dpots et Consignations (CDC) France 3 Bank Nederlands Gemeenten (BNG) Netherlands...
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WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS – 2008
New York, 4 September 2008 Global Finance magazine has released its annual ranking of the Worlds Safest Banks, which will...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Bailouts Cushion Decline In 2008 Global Mergers
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS The volume of worldwide mergers and acquisitions fell 30% last year compared with 2007, but the decline in announced deals would have been even larger without the government bailouts of financial institutions, which represented a ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Cover Story : Fear Factor
DEFLATION US policymakers have already braced themselves for a bout of deflation, and many corporations are quaking at the prospect of price declines. Some are wondering, though, how bad can it really get? That the global economy, ...
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Features : World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2009
BEST FX PROVIDERS Global Finance selects the leaders in the world’s biggest financial market. The foreign exchange market has continued to thrive throughout the global financial crisis, providing some welcome profits for beleaguered financial institutions. Average daily turnover has ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Features : Crash landing
CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE Central and Eastern Europe has transformed from a beacon of hope into a near basket case astonishingly quickly. Its recovery will be a far slower and no less painful process. Hard hit: Hungary was one ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Cover Story: Bitter medicine
BITTER MEDICINE GLOBAL REGULATION The case for global regulation of the banking and finance industry has become much stronger as a result of the recent crisis. The prospect of creating a workable system, though, is as remote as ...
Banking
Features : A Very British Meltdown
A VERY BRITISH MELTDOWN A SYSTEM IN PERIL The swiftness of Britain’s transition from the cutting edge of innovation in banking and finance to representing the epitome of the global crisis has left many heads spinning. But in its dramatic ...
Banking
Features : A Safe Haven
SPOTLIGHT / GLOBAL CUSTODY Global custodians are experiencing strong growth and increasingly complex demands from their clients. Propelled by the growth in increasingly sophisticated financial instruments and the emergence of new markets and clients, the universe of financial assets ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Features : Delayed Reaction
REGIONAL REPORT / CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE They dodged the early fallout from the credit crunch, but Central and Eastern Europe’s economies are facing growing challenges. All change: Central and Eastern Europes economies are in transition. Next year Europe’s ...
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Features : Internet Bank Awards
In the first of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the best online corporate and consumer banks by country and regionally by product or service category. Times have been hard recently for banks’ information technology departments. The collapse of ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
TCM Guide : “Who’s Who” In Treasury And Cash Management
TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT 2008 Robert Allen Group Treasurer British American Tobacco Robert Allen, appointed group treasurer effective this past June, replaces David Swann, who has now retired. Based in London, Allen works with a team of 20 professionals ...