Banking
Middle East Banking Legend Retires
NEWSMAKERS By Gordon Platt Ibrahim Dabdoub, group CEO of National Bank of Kuwait, is stepping down after 30 years as...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
NAFTA Turns Twenty: So Far, So Good?
MILESTONES By Forrest Jones Few things polarize policymakers like free-trade agreements, especially the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) linking...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
New Version Of Socialism In Cuba
MILESTONES By Valentina Pasquali Ever since Ral Castro took over from his brother Fidel in 2008, he has been opening...
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Polls & Stats: The Wireless Economy In Ascendance
“The Internet has now transformed from a useful platform to an essential and multidimensional infrastructure that needs to be kept open and decentralized in order to enable communication, collaboration, innovation, inclusive participation and economic growth... The Internet economy has now ...
Banking
Ranking GCCs Safest Islamic Banks
SPECIAL REPORT By Andrew Cunningham Al Rajhi tops the rankings of Safest Islamic Banks in the GCC. The use of...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Scottish Independence: Debt Downside?
MILESTONES By Valentina Pasquali The referendum that could make Scotland an independent nation is fast approaching, and authorities in London...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Singh Backs Gandhi For Top Job
NEWSMAKERS By K.A. Badarinath Fourth-generation Nehru-Gandhi family scion, Rahul Gandhi, looked set to enter the political fray as ruling Indian...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Suez Holds Key To Egyptian Economy
MILESTONES By Tiziana Barghini A grand plan to transform a vast area round the Suez Canalone of the worlds longest...
Banking
Telecom Tycoon Bets On Mobile Wallet
NEWSMAKERS By Erik Heinrich Zimbabwes Strive Masiyiwa is a man who knows a thing or two about setting lofty goals...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Western Oil Companies Reach Out To Iran
MILESTONES By Michael Shari A fissure is opening in the bulwarks of Western sanctions that have isolated Iran from the...
Banking
World’s Best Trade Finance Banks
Jump To See Winners ANNUAL SURVEY: TRADE FINANCE BECOMES AN ASSET CLASS Global Finance presents its annual awards for the Best Trade Finance Institutions globally, regionally, and by country. The outlook for the trade finance business in 2014 is rosy, ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
All Aboard The Transatlantic Express
MILESTONES By J.R. Brandstrader Transatlantic investment was hurt by the recent global financial and eurozone sovereign debt crises, but America’s heartland still has eyes for Europe. Johns Hopkins’s Center for Transatlantic Relations in Washington, DC, found that, ...