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WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2009
Istanbul, October 6th, 2009 – Global Finance magazine hosted its thirteenth annual Best Bank Awards ceremony on October 6th, 2009,...
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WORLD’S 50 SAFEST BANKS 2009
With bank stability still high on corporate and investor agendas, Global Finance magazine publishes in the October 2009 issue its...
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THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BANKS 2008
Rank Name Country Fiscal Year Total Assets ($b) 1 Royal Bank of Scotland Group United Kingdom 12/2007 3,807 2 Deutsche...
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BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2009
REGIONAL WINNER Standard Chartered COUNTRY WINNER Algeria Arab Banking Corporation Algeria Angola BES Angola Botswana Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Cote...
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BEST INTERNET BANKS IN MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA 2009
NEW YORK, July 21, 2009 Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the World’s Best Internet Banks competition...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Regulars : EM Roundup Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) estimates less than a quarter of Africans have access to electricity, and those who do pay twice the average retail rate of users in other emerging regions. By Antonio Guerrero A report from ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : EM ROUNDUP Africa
South Africa’s Standard Bank, Africa’s largest lender by assets, has become the first international financial institution to join the IFC’s $5 billion global trade liquidity program. The program aims to extend loans to regional banks for on-lending to importers and ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Corporate Finance : Hot money flows a myth in Africa
Global investors are stepping up the flow of capital to Africa’s frontier markets, according to a broker who takes orders from pension funds and insurers for $100 million or more. “All of the orders we get are to buy shares ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cover Story : Africa in Squeeze
AFRICA IN A SQUEEZE By Paula Green Africa faces an uncertain future as its key economies suffer multiple setbacks and the global slump threatens to constrict the flow of investment. By Paula L. Green Being ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Africa
Tsvangirai: Vowed to restore relations with the IMF. The African Development Bank has used its own capital base to create a $1.5 billion trade finance facility that aims to fuel trade and investment in the region. African commercial lenders and ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Africa
Zimbabwe has abandoned its "worthless" currency in favor of other currencies such as the US dollar. After years of trying to defend its near-worthless currency, the Zimbabwean government has abandoned foreign exchange and price controls. Zimbabweans will now be allowed ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets Roundup: Africa
Tsvangirai: Vowed to restore relations with the IMF The African Development Bank has used its own capital base to create a $1.5 billion trade finance facility that aims to fuel trade and investment in the region. African commercial lenders and ...