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...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
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Award Winners
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% ...
Banking
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...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Hailemariam To Lead Ethiopia’s Transformation
NEWSMAKERS: ETHIOPIA By Valentina Pasquali Plagued by corruption and emerging from three decades of stable but authoritarian government, Ethiopia is undergoing its first peaceful transfer of power after the death, in August, of longtime prime minister Meles Zenawi. ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
IMF Playing Catch-Up With Global Economy, Says Former Adviser
MILESTONES: IMF/WORLD BANK By Laurence Neville A year on from the appointment of Christine Lagarde as managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the challenges faced by her institution—and its sister entity, the World Bank—in helping to right ...
Country Report
Israel’s Export Economy Hits Turbulence
A STUDY IN CONTRADICTIONS By David Lipkin Geopolitical and fiscal uncertainties are having an impact on Israel's growth prospects, but the country is benefiting from development of its natural gas reserves. Although its export-oriented economy and high-tech ...