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Stars of China 2012: Bank Winners

By Thomas Clouse BANKS WINNERS BEST CITY COMMERCIAL Bank of Nanjing China's more than 140 city commercial banks are facing increasing competition from each other as well as their bigger national counterparts and smaller rural finance neighbors. Against this competitive ...

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Stars of China 2012: Corporate Winners

By Thomas Clouse CORPORATE WINNERS AUTOMOBILES Great Wall Motors Competition is fierce in China's automotive industry, and slowing sales growth this year has added even more pressure to the country's automotive producers. Great Wall has responded to that pressure with ...

Banking

The Growth Of International Remittances

BANKS FOLLOW THE MIGRANT MONEY TRAIL By Michael Shari Banks in emerging markets are building a lucrative business on remittances sent home by workers in developed nations. Alberto Raúl Guerra Rodríguez has had his hands full for ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

SIBOS 2012 – Asian Companies Centralize Treasury To Manage Global Growth

Chinese corporates are still focusing on domestic growth—but also starting to set up manufacturing bases worldwide. They are moving up...

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The Winners’ Circle: Central Banker Report Cards

THE A-GRADERS By Kathryn Tully Presenting the Winners’ Circle: A ranking of all the central bank governors who have received “A” grades over the history of Global Finance ’s Central Banker Report Cards—released as part of our 25 ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Turkey: Still An Investment Darling

TURKISH DELIGHT By Justin Keay Turkey's economy is one of the few in Europe experiencing positive growth, but as the pace of economic reform slows and a rising current-account deficit looms, pundits are beginning to ask, has complacency ...

Banking

Africa: Growth Of Pan-African Banks

BANKING ON AFRICA By Erik Heinrich A continent-wide boom is shaping a new breed of pan-African lenders. The future has never looked brighter for sub-Saharan Africa. Many of its economies are expanding at annual rates of 6% ...

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Africa: Oil & Gas

DIFFFICULT CHOICES By Antonio Guerrero African oil producers stand to benefit from continued sanctions on Iranian oil exports. But their path is not without challenges. As the US and EU tighten the screws on Iran, imposing sanctions ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Banker Arrests Shake Investor Confidence

MILESTONES: VIETNAM By Thomas Clouse Vietnam’s stock markets tumbled in August following the arrests of two of the country’s top bankers, Nguyen Duc Kien and Ly Xuan Hai. Asia Commercial Bank’s Kien arrested for “illegal business activity” Photo ...

Banking

Central Banker Report Cards 2012

GUNNING FOR GROWTH By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser Global Finance presents its annual report on the performance of the world’s central bank governors. Central banks of most of the major global economies are pulling ...

Banking

Cover Story: World’s Best Banks 2012

DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH By Gordon Platt, Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson & Antonio Guerrero The World’s Best Banks undoubtedly have flaws, but their fundamentals are improving. Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best banks globally, regionally ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Editor’s letter: Excellence Amid Uncertainty

The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Tokyo opens under the shadow of continuing economic uncertainty...