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World’s Biggest Banks 2013

RISING TO THE TOP By Andrew Cunningham Global Finance presents the World’s Biggest Banks 2013. For the first time, a Chinese bank topped the list of the biggest banks in the world at the end of 2012—displacing ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

China Gets Its Very Own FSOC

A newand possibly powerfulfinancial industry regulator has gotten the green light from officials in China. Although the agency has yet...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Price Drop Masks Big Problems

“It’s almost as if the trade finance industry hasn’t read the newspapers,” says Dan Roberts. Roberts, global head of trade...

Features

IMF/World Bank 2013 Meetings Seminar: Unconventional Monetary Policies and their Cross-Country Spillovers

IMF/World Bank Meetings Seminar: Wednesday, October 9, 10:00 am . In response to the 200809 global financial crisis, advanced economies...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Diaspora Dollar Delight: Remittances Give Indian Economy a Boost

According to the World Bank, Indians living abroadknown in economist-speak as Non-Resident Indians/Persons of Indian Origin (NRI/PIO) sent home $70...

Features

IMF/World Bank 2013 Meeting Seminars: Policies for Growth and Jobs in Europe

IMF/World Bank Meetings Seminar, Thursday, October 10, 4:00 pm. Five years after the peak of the Great Recession, growth remains...

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IMF/World Bank 2013 Meetings Seminar: Debate on the Global Economy

IMF/Word Bank Meetings Seminar: Thursday, October 10, 2:00 pm. Global growth has softened again. Downside risks have become more relevant....

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IMF/World Bank 2013 Meetings Seminar: Emerging Markets – Sustaining the Momentum

IMF/Word Bank Meetings Seminar: Tuesday, October 8, 3:00 pm. Emerging markets (EMs) are playing an increasingly important role in the...

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IMF/World Bank 2013 Meetings Seminar: Frontier Economies: the Next Generation of Emerging Markets

IMF/World Bank Meetings Seminar: Wednesday, October 9, 2:00 pm. Emerging markets have for some time played an important role on...

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SIBOS 2013 – Delegates Focus On Collaborative Innovation And Dealmaking

This year’s Sibos, the first to take place in the Middle East, will offer a special day dedicated to Middle...

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SIBOS 2013 Emerging Markets Payments To Grow Dramatically, Corporates Want On-Time and Cheap Payment Delivery

First and foremost, the report expresses doubts that deadline for the migration to Sepa in the eurozone will be met...

Banking

Norway Pension Fund Splintering Could Dilute Its Influence On Corporate Ethics

Norway’s center-right Conservative Partyprojected to be the winner in the country’s September 9 parliamentary elections says it wants to break...