Banking
Staying Safe With The Award Winners
Global Finance interviews senior executives from some of the banks featured in this year’s World’s Safest Banks rankings.
Western Europe
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
The Levant Uncovers A Few Surprises
Some green shoots lurk beneath the region’s raging civil wars, economic woes and political unrest.
Banking
Turning On The Liquidity Tap For SMEs In Europe
Capital Markets | Business Funding
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Awards
Best In Class 2015
A selection of winners from Global Finance’s awards program over the past year.
Banking
Central Banker Report Cards 2015
Global Finance’s annual evaluation of the work of the world’s central bankers found some stellar performances, and some dismal ones. The toughest challenge for many: propping up falling prices.
Banking
Chinese Companies Come Up Empty In Bid For Portuguese Bank
Mergers & Acquisitions | Slowing growth and severe stock market falls have raised fears that China is nearing some sort of crossroads. Some economists believe that, owing to tight central controls, Chinese corporations won’t hit their expected growth targets.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Eurozone Corporate Bond Market Revives Following Summer Break
Fixed Income | With this summer’s Greek debt crisis having abated somewhat and the European Central Bank (ECB) considering expanding its easy-money policies, US companies are rushing to the eurozone to issue debt at record-low interest rates.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Joint CEO/Chairman Conundrum Puzzles Us Shareholders
Executive Management | In light of a shareholders’ vote on September 22 as to whether Bank of America chief executive officer Brian Moynihan should remain chairman as well, the debate about whether the two roles should be separate rages on in the United States.
Banking
The Central Bank Buying Binge: Why Stop Now?
What’s irking central bankers is not that they have bought too many stocks or bonds. Rather, it’s that they haven’t bought enough.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
The Super-Investors Of Central Banks
Central bank heads were once a predictable and conservative lot. Now they’re swooping in, buying huge amounts of securities and rolling out unorthodox policies to avert danger.
News
Winterkorns Downfall: The Price of Emissions
Winterkorn is forced to resign after it was revealed the company was guilty of manipulating diesel emission tests.