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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 ...

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Central Banker Report Cards 2012: The Americas

By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser The Americas ARGENTINA Mercedes Marcó del Pont Grade: D Marcó del Pont has focused much of her efforts over the past year on imposing draconian foreign exchange restrictions. Controls began after last ...

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Financial Utilities That Are Too Important To Fail

MILESTONES: US/GLOBAL By Gordon Platt Two years after Dodd-Frank became law, US regulators identified eight "systemically important" clearing and payment firms that provide critical infrastructure to the country's financial system. Systemically important financial utilities named None of the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FX: Euro Supported By ECB Plan To Buy Bonds

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The euro rebounded to a two-month high in early September, as European...

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Winners’ Circle: Safest/Biggest Banks

CREAM OF THE CROP By Kathryn Tully Presenting the Winners’ Circle: the longest-running leaders of Global Finance’s World’s Safest Banks and World’s Biggest Banks rankings. WORLD’S SAFEST After 2008, the global recession ensured that the risks inherent ...

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Best Internet Banks 2012: Round 1

ANNUAL SURVEY: TRAILBLAZERS By Adam Rombel In the first of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the top online corporate and consumer banks by country and regionally by product and service category. As it has annually for ...

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Canada: Maple Group Finally Wins In TMX Takeover Battle

MILESTONES: CANADA By Erik Heinrich The takeover of Canadian stock market operator TMX Group by Maple Group, a consortium of financial institutions, was approved by TMX's shareholders, bringing to a close more than a year of sometimes acrimonious ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Treasury & Cash Management: Annual Directory Of TCM Service Suppliers

DIRECTORY Our annual listing of TCM service and solution providers Banking Service Providers Bank of America Merrill Lynch CONTACT : Paul Simpson, Head of Global Transaction Services EMAIL : gcbkmarketing@bankofamerica.com www.corp.bankofamerica.com ING CONTACT : Willem Dokkum, ...

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Central Banker Report Cards 2012

Central Banker Report Cards 2012: The Americas

Financial Utilities That Are Too Important To Fail

FX: Euro Supported By ECB Plan To Buy Bonds

Winners’ Circle: Safest/Biggest Banks

Best Internet Banks 2012: Round 1

Canada: Maple Group Finally Wins In TMX Takeover Battle

Treasury & Cash Management: Annual Directory Of TCM Service Suppliers

WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS IN NORTH AMERICA 2012

WORLD’S BEST CORPORATE/INSTITUTIONAL INTERNET BANKS IN NORTH AMERICA 2012

WORLD’S BEST CONSUMER INTERNET BANKS IN NORTH AMERICA 2012

Former FDIC Head Launches Her Latest Crusade